Freedom of Press in Europe?

[VetLegion]

At least I didn't see a thread on this.

So, it seems that newspapers are being censored in England, and imported newspapers (like French) are being confiscated and destroyed.

This about some scandal with the Royalty, like anyone cares


I am not exactly outraged, if the Brits don't care about their paper being censored, why should I?

But it is strange, after all freedom of the press is worshipped in the west, and we always criticize the unfree countries.

But if you look closely, those countries also have freedom of press - if you don't touch the elites.

What happened here?

[Bereta_Eder]

Well my dear croatian, AFAIK the british press (rampantly xenophobic as it is) doenst censor, the palace has trouble saying with which butler prince willliam did the wild thing.

as for european press and elites, yes DUUUUh which continent do you live in?

[Bereta_Eder]

Although I have to admit, this is interesting:

So, it seems that newspapers are being censored in England, and imported newspapers (like French) are being confiscated and destroyed.

elaborate.

[Bereta_Eder]

as above

[VetLegion]

What is there to elaborate? I read in the paper that supreme court has forbidden the press to write about something, and that they confiscated the edition of Le Monde that arrived by train via the tunnel, but some were smuggled.

I ask is this different from any african dictatorship.

[Bereta_Eder]

LOL. wait a fooking minuten, the brits confiscated Le Monde as it came off the train???


Link please my dear balkanian

[VetLegion]

Well you are from the Balkans too, I guess you don't have a grasp of what free press means. Not freedom to attack minorities like they can in Greece

[mrmitchell]

They confiscated a shipment of a newspaper because the prince screwed a guy?

I'm tellin' ya, each time these royal fiascoes happens, it gets stranger and stranger.

[Bereta_Eder]

Blah blah
when you're in a position to compare with Greece let me know, I'll be the first to celebrate.


Meanwhile,link please my fellow balkanian, it's not a bad word

[VetLegion]

The best I can find at the moment. It says "pulped" here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1083009,00.html

[VetLegion]

Or from another site:

"European press censored in England," was the verdict of France's Le Monde in a headline on its website, after its British distributor, fearful of legal action, refused to deliver the newspaper.

The move followed some 15 European newspapers which carried reports on the alleged scandal, including France's Le Figaro, Italy's La Stampa and Spain's El Pais, being taken off British news stands on Saturday, Le Monde noted.

I don't speak French, or I could get it from Le Monde site.

[Bereta_Eder]

That's much better. Thanks in serbo croatian and any other language. Nice thread.

[Gangerolf]

the newpapers are afraid of being prosecuted. Le Monde wasn't confiscated, they pulped the 7000 papers ment for the UK themselves

[VetLegion]

I was hoping for responses from educated european masses and all I get is thanks from paiktis


Anyway, and I am not saying this for the North Sea oil, is it time to free the British people of their oppressive regime? Is it time to end this tyrany?

[Bereta_Eder]

Gangerolf
Well obviously. Those sympathetic aglosaxon lemmings couldn't pulp what was meant for France. So it is only for their domestic market they banned. Still funny.