We are currently being bombarded with 'free press' messages on TV.

One law for them, and another law for everyone else, is what the MSN wants. They want freedom to tell you what THEY want you to know, not what YOU want to know or what you are entitled to know.

They even want to be exempted from certain national security laws!

The MSN is also trying to set up a protection racket against bloggers and informal methods of communicating information.

And, be particularly suspicious of the Green's clamour for freedom of speech, because it was the Greens who went to the last federal election with a policy to censor commentators whose opinions they disagreed with.

Also remember that, in 2014, some of the same bigmouths of MSN now campaigning for press 'freedom' were among those who rubbished attempts to reform Section 18c to regain freedom of speech for everyone.

"it was the Greens who went to the last federal election with a policy to censor commentators whose opinions they disagreed with."

Care to substantiate that ridiculous claim ttbn, making it up on the run I see. The ones who want to censor are the lunatic fringe that ratbag element, people associated with the likes of Corny Banana the now defunct Australian Conservatives! Were you not a member?

Paul

It was all said by SHY. For a rabid Green, you know very little about the party's policies. Anyway, if I said something was white, you would say it was black. I'm not going to waste any energy substantiating anything for you.

ttbn

Even if something was said by one politician, how is that party policy? Of course there are exceptions, anything extremist said by Corny Banana was taken by you as party policy. As for my knowledge of Greens policy, it would not be difficult to out rank yours, which is ZERO, YOU KNOW NOTHING! How many meetings, state conferences of the Greens, where policy is formulated and voted on, have you ever attended? ZERO, YOU KNOW NOTHING!

Dear Ttbn,

«We are currently being bombarded with 'free press' messages on TV.»

Please don't use "We": I am not bombarded with any of that because I don't have a TV.

You say that "They want freedom to tell you what THEY want you to know": can you elaborate how they propose to obtain this freedom? Are they asking to forcibly enter my home and shout this in my ear?

They used to have a big button on television sets labelled "OFF"! perhaps they don't have them any more? in that case, don't forget to wear rubber gloves when cutting the power cord with pliers.

"They want freedom to tell you what THEY want you to know, not what YOU want to know" ttbn

If they are telling YOU only what THEY want you to know, and since YOU don't know what YOU want to know, as YOU are not being told what YOU want to know by THEY.How do YOU know THEY are not telling YOU what YOU want to know.

Unfortunately some of the extreme right, the THEY people, want to close down the ABC, so THEY can tell YOU only what THEY want YOU to know. Isn't that RIGHT ttbn?