The following letter to the editor was submitted by Lebo Citizens reader and citizen journalist, John Kendrick.
Imagine a world where there was only one source of national news and information. Imagine what it would be like if that source of national information was controlled by the presidential administration - and I don't care which one it is, Bush, O'Bama, Clinton, Reagan, etc.
How would you feel if you were told that this is the "official view / official source" and this is the only source that you were permitted to listen to?
Now consider the Mt Lebanon Public Information Office and Mt Lebanon Magazine. How should we feel about having what is effectively a "state-run" news organization? A news organization that is critical of all other news organizations or information sources that dare to report or to opine with any perspective that is different than the "state-run" entity?
Is this something that we all want to live under?
I don't. But I'd like to hear what all of you think.
How would you feel if you were told that this is the "official view / official source" and this is the only source that you were permitted to listen to?
Now consider the Mt Lebanon Public Information Office and Mt Lebanon Magazine. How should we feel about having what is effectively a "state-run" news organization? A news organization that is critical of all other news organizations or information sources that dare to report or to opine with any perspective that is different than the "state-run" entity?
Is this something that we all want to live under?
I don't. But I'd like to hear what all of you think.
