What is press freedom？

What is press freedom？
…………………………………………Leechard
(Quest No.8233e 　　　　2011 0901 Wednesday)　　　　
　　　
　　Press freedom is non-existed. There is no such thing as Press Freedom in most parts of the world, including China, Russia, America, and of course, Hong Kong.

If somebody in the Journalism department of the higher education institutes tells you there is press freedom in a free world, and there is no press freedom in a forbidden world, then he is not telling all the facts.

We have only controlled press freedom, but no press freedom.

What is “Controlled”? It means you have something “looks like” press freedom, but actually no freedom at all.

A monster is a monster. If you put some flowers on the head of the monster, the monster looks more beautiful, but he is still a monster.

If you put some strange ” view points” in the newspaper, the newspaper will be better looking, but it will not become free. It is the same controlled newspaper.

If you are in the second floor of some level, it means, you are in the second floor. You are NOT in the third floor.
You can not have the third floor views.

The question is, will there be a smart individual think like the third floor people? And see the things the second floor people cannot see?

Yes, then the individual is the flower. He is the flower on the monster’s head. May be the flower can change the monster someday, it can not be denied. It is something we called “hope”.

The so-called press freedom is exactly like this: All the opinions are under control. There are real bosses behind all the big news co-operations. You are working under them; you will get your paycheck every month. You simply are a part of the general “atmosphere”. You will help to create such “atmosphere”. Some times, different ideas were “allowed”, but never exceed a certain limit. If you are so brave to tell more, you will sure be fired. That is why there are so many people lost their jobs in the co-operations.

All news co-operations are but the will of a limited number of “bosses”.

Who had taken away our press freedom?

The “bosses” had taken away the press freedom.

And now the question is: Do we have individual press freedom? Like the blog you are now reading, is an individual thing. And there are millions of them in some countries.

Until this moment, I would say yes. Yes we have individual press freedom, and every one can be a flower, to grow on the monster’s head, hoping some day the monster can change.

Co-operations can be controlled. But individuals not so easy.

The “trend”, or the “atmosphere” is shaped by co-operations, not individuals. Individuals are like sheep, going where the only road leads. The road is supplied by co-operations. May be some one can find a new road, or build a new road. And that is “hope”, but not “press freedom”.

What is the difference between a “Free country” and a ”Forbidden country”?

They all have roads. Both of the countries have roads build by co-operations.

They all have police (or shepherd) to guard the sheep.

Some of the shepherds are working well, some not so well. Hemingway, Charles Chaplain, John Lennon, all this bright individuals had complained that they were under heavy secret police monitor and harassment. And they were true, proven by later discovered facts. But the general public seldom aware of it.

However, there are still differences between a “Free world” and a “Forbidden world”.

In a “Free world”, policemen wear plain clothes. In a “Forbidden world” policemen wear both uniforms and plain clothes.

And this was all I had known about “Press Freedom” yesterday.

When I finished writing the above, I felt a voice talking to me: “What about the bosses? What if you have a good boss? If the boss is wise enough to know the importance of being honest, then everything is alright.”

And that was a direct hit to the point. You can never deny that someday, somewhere, a good boss will be born.

Though there is no guarantee, but it is possible. So, press freedom is possible, though controlled press freedom prevails, the real press freedom is still possible.

And the point is not press freedom now.

The point is whether we as a human being can have a chance to seek the truth. And we must be positive about this. It is something inside us that make the decision. The power is always on our hand. We are free, as the point was from Zhuang Zi the ancient philosopher. And from Jesus also. He had said, ” Seek and you shall find.”

The voice talked to me again: Do you know who is a good boss? My answer: I may or may not know who is good, who is bad. But time will know, and history will know.

The voice never says anything again. May be I am right.



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