Comments on: Can you be protected from deception? http://www.altmedia.net.au/can-you-be-protected-from-deception/5879 Your local news source Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Safwan Zabalawi http://www.altmedia.net.au/can-you-be-protected-from-deception/5879#comment-371 Safwan Zabalawi Mon, 11 May 2009 05:16:29 +0000 http://www.altmedia.net.au/?p=5879#comment-371 I think that "Information" is a "product", which we purchase when, for example, buy a newspaper. There are laws which protect consumers from wrong information put on food or health products, but no such measures are available to protect the Information we are constantly bombarded with. One of the ways to introduce a protection against deception is through the proposed Bill/Charter of Rights. It would become then against the law to deliberately manufacture lies or mislead citizens on whatever subject. Safwan I think that “Information” is a “product”, which we purchase when, for example, buy a newspaper. There are laws which protect consumers from wrong information put on food or health products, but no such measures are available to protect the Information we are constantly bombarded with.

One of the ways to introduce a protection against deception is through the proposed Bill/Charter of Rights. It would become then against the law to deliberately manufacture lies or mislead citizens on whatever subject.

Safwan

]]> By: Daniel http://www.altmedia.net.au/can-you-be-protected-from-deception/5879#comment-277 Daniel Fri, 08 May 2009 06:31:43 +0000 http://www.altmedia.net.au/?p=5879#comment-277 Spot on I could not agree more. If we want to move our political institutions into the future then we must make the provision correct objective/impartial information a fundamental right of citizens. And journalists need to be protected and empowered by the law. To allow them to be effective agents in this process. News must be made more than a commodity for the media industry. The question is how do we do this? Spot on I could not agree more.

If we want to move our political institutions into the future then we must make the provision correct objective/impartial information a fundamental right of citizens.

And journalists need to be protected and empowered by the law. To allow them to be effective agents in this process. News must be made more than a commodity for the media industry.

The question is how do we do this?

]]> By: angelo Pepe http://www.altmedia.net.au/can-you-be-protected-from-deception/5879#comment-272 angelo Pepe Fri, 08 May 2009 03:33:25 +0000 http://www.altmedia.net.au/?p=5879#comment-272 A bill of right is not favoured under a monarchy like Australia is. So there would be a lot to do before one is drafted. The current labor government has just committed the country to a planned escalation of military spending. Again no mention of a bill of citizen rights for another legislation. The path to get it is not that difficult but it would create changes to the mainstram australian culture, still based on how great the 50's were, where sun, the beach, drinking and no worrying are still the main "values". The fact that Australia was number 1 in the world for GDP in 1901 and now is about 24th is still not enough to change an essentially conservative mentality into one that favours change, for the better of course. I'd start with proposing a campain to not watch television, particularly private and pay tv where information is always too omogeneous and distorted, until these issues are debated on tv regularly. Only by hurting people and magnates in their pockets will force change in Australia: history has always being written by the winners and if we can make the media the losers if they don't pay attention to the issue of a bill of rights things may start to turn around. A bill of right is not favoured under a monarchy like Australia is. So there would be a lot to do before one is drafted. The current labor government has just committed the country to a planned escalation of military spending. Again no mention of a bill of citizen rights for another legislation. The path to get it is not that difficult but it would create changes to the mainstram australian culture, still based on how great the 50′s were, where sun, the beach, drinking and no worrying are still the main “values”. The fact that Australia was number 1 in the world for GDP in 1901 and now is about 24th is still not enough to change an essentially conservative mentality into one that favours change, for the better of course. I’d start with proposing a campain to not watch television, particularly private and pay tv where information is always too omogeneous and distorted, until these issues are debated on tv regularly. Only by hurting people and magnates in their pockets will force change in Australia: history has always being written by the winners and if we can make the media the losers if they don’t pay attention to the issue of a bill of rights things may start to turn around.

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