The ASA's statement concludes: "Intellectual freedom - the freedom to ask questions, to uncover facts, to speak independently without fear - is the foundation of our democracy and remains of critical importance, especially in a time of crisis". No one from the ASA was available to comment.
After reading The Times's coverage of Judith Miller's testimony and Ms. Miller's own account, I can only conclude that "freedom of the press" and "protecting sources" have entered into the lexicon of Orwellian Newspeak.
The question is whether when that time comes nations will agree to use it to allow censorship to exist in some countries while free speech and a border-crossing internet continue to flourish elsewhere....I'm afraid we must conclude that freedom would be more secure if IP-tracking software didn't exist.
She concludes nastily, "Freedom to rot, that's all this country's given me".
Epicurus concluded that "freedom from pain in the body and from trouble in the mind" is the ultimate aim of a happy life.
Lowe and Buckley concluded that freedom and conformity are separate dimensions and do not predict one another.
In coordination with the Brennan Center for Justice, the FEPP released a public policy report in 2006 on the inefficiency of Internet filtering; the report concluded that freedom of expression was harmed by such online censorship activity.
The many questions around the abrupt consolidation of power by the Communist Party's chief, Hu Jintao, suggest that it's too soon to conclude that the freedom to make money in modern China spawns other freedoms.
Although this may be economically successful, it is not without externalities, and is not, as you conclude, a market "freedom".
None of this however is to conclude that press freedom in Britain, hard won over 300 years ago, should be jeopardised.
