[Media Caucus] Media paragraph in CS benchmarks

[Ronald Koven]

Dear Steve --

It was not a "clever move." There was no particular intention. I didn't
think I was saying anything particularly original. It flowed logically from
the established positions, as far as I was concerned. and Tracey and Wolf
apparently thought so, too.

I was simply trying to write a text that couldn't be refused by
governments. It also conceded, for example, that governments have the right
to information services and the means to deliver them. This was in response
to several governmental objections that Media Caucus positions would have
banned the Congressional Journal or Hansard's.

As I tried to say, transformation of State media into public service AND
private ones is absolutely the standard model now in practically all of the
ex-Communist world.

I think you're the one making the "clever move" by making a mountain out of
this mole hill, and I don't view it as a great display of intellectual
honesty. You clearly distorted the meaning of the text, and I asked you to
reread it, but you then went on instead to ask for square brackets. I have
half a mind to do the same on your text about community media, which you
submitted with absolutely no consultation and which had no more standing
than the one I submitted in all good faith. 

I'm not angry with you. I'm sad that honest dialogue has become difficult.

Best, Rony