[Media Caucus] Media paragraph in CS benchmarks

[Aidan White]

Dear All, 

I don't want to get into this (I wasn't there, but I sympathise with
some of the sentiments having had my own problems with the tweaking of
our position on media concentration after Prep Com 2) but I'm sorry if
the clear understanding on the law and media concentration has been
watered down from the clarity that we negotiated at Prep Com 3. Victor's
points below (which I seem to remember drafting myself) had this
covered... is it now lost?
 
Aidan White

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-----Original Message-----
From: media-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:media-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Victor van Oeyen
Sent: mercredi 19 novembre 2003 17:23
To: media at wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [Media Caucus] Media paragraph in CS benchmarks

Hi all,

Very sorry that I don't have time to get into this interesting exchange
of
views. Rony, the only thing we agreed upon in the MC referring to state
media was: "transform state-controlled media into editorially
independent
organizations"

Nobody  spoke about privatizations. The whole part concerning this point
was (just to remember everone): 

Legislation to ensure the participation of all in the information
society
should:
a.    promote and defend the existence and development of free and
independent media,
b.    encourage pluralism and diversity of media ownership and avoid
excessive media concentration,
c.     recognize the specific and crucial role of public service
broadcasting and community media,
d.    transform state-controlled media into editorially independent
organizations.

So, clever or not, it was not agreed upon. 

Victor 



At 05:08 19-11-2003 -0500, you wrote:
>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 
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