Government commits to freedom of press

Is the press still free if the government subsidizes it? | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

We have seen in the past court cases involving a newspaper or media outlet which had published sensitive or classified information, and a judge issuing an injunction to prohibit the publication of that information. We have been sued before because we had information about a utility given to us from a former CEO – and the utility tried to tell us what we could and couldn’t publish. They had zero idea what was in the information we received, but t…

Government commits to freedom of press

THE MEDIA is now free to reveal whatever news they uncover, says Acting Prime Minister and Finance Minister Prof Biman Prasad. Addressing the Pacific Media Partnership Conference in Suva yesterday, Prof Prasad said that ever since the Coalition Government took office, it has been committed to democracy and freedom, particularly in undoing draconian laws that previously restricted the media. One of their first acts in government, he noted, was to…