{"id":4015,"date":"2010-06-25T09:33:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T13:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2010-06-25T09:33:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T13:33:27","slug":"concerned-about-censorship-look-in-the-mirror-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2010\/06\/25\/concerned-about-censorship-look-in-the-mirror-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerned About Censorship? Look in the Mirror, First"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lesson<\/a> that should reach far beyond the Israel\/Palestine context:<\/p>\n

Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken warned Monday that self-censorship in the Israeli media poses the greatest threat to the freedom of the press.<\/p>\n

[ . . . ]<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talk about a different kind of censorship,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Self-censorship that stems from the fact that the media does not want to upset its readership. I am referring to the responses that I get regarding Haaretz articles about the Palestinians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 situation.<\/p>\n

“During periods of calm there are no responses, but in turbulent times people send emails to the newspaper, copying in all of their friends, that they are halting their subscription because they are unable to read Gideon Levy or Amira Hass anymore. And the newspaper must ask itself if it wants to absorb this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Freedom of the press is somewhat beside the point if you don’t have a real press, no?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A lesson that should reach far beyond the Israel\/Palestine context: Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken warned Monday that self-censorship in the Israeli media poses the greatest threat to the freedom of the press. [ . . . ] \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talk about a different kind of censorship,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Self-censorship that stems from the fact that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content-distribution","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t