Boastfully ignorant reporters [Was: Zergo can do secure TTPs

Wed, 15 Jul 1998 06:57:54 -0500

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In <392FD750E57@lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk>, on 07/15/98 
   at 12:15 PM, "Yaman Akdeniz" <lawya@lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk> said:

>> I think you'll find that journalists do, but many editors and
>> publications won't touch it....

>I agree with Mike's statement as there is a lot of 
>interest with journalists within the UK with civil liberties issues 
>related to the Internet but they are finding difficult to market  their
>pieces to editors and publishers of various publications.

>I have to say that there has been a major improvement in the last  year
>with reporting these kind of issues and I believe the UK media  will
>eventually get into these issues.

Well I think it is important to understand that the Internet is considered
by many publishing houses to be a threat to their power base of
controlling information. If the Internet becomes a less friendly place for
people to express views that go against the mainstream don't expect the
traditional press to be too upset over it.

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