Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-07-Speech-2-542"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of expression and press freedom in the European Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100907.33.2-542"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-07-Speech-2-5432
lpv:speaker	lp:Jaroslav Paška2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2010-02-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2011-03-08)3 unknown; Slovenská národná strana (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to mention, by way of introduction, that in today’s world, we can no longer make such a close link between freedom of expression and press or media freedom. Media freedom is more a question of respecting the rights of owners, who determine the content and character of their media, and accordingly also appoint the staff, from chief editor to graphic designer. They deliver the content they think will interest the reader and they produce it at their own discretion. In many cases, today’s media have therefore come to resemble a kind of interest group, which consciously and deliberately attempts to shape public opinion. Of course, we cannot expect that the so-called free media will automatically satisfy the right to objective information in respect of the citizen who is a recipient of their targeted output, whether as reader, listener or viewer. It is therefore more important, when it comes to the consistent application of freedom of expression and the unrestricted publication of ideas, to expand the freedom to transmit unaltered information as much as possible, as this contributes towards eliminating the deliberate selection and alteration of information by these free enterprise media. In my opinion, we should no longer be too worried about misuse of the media by actual government authorities in today’s European Union. Instead, I see a greater risk of potential misuse of information in the media in the excessive concentration of media in the hands of powerful interest groups, and in the media manipulation of public opinion by these groups. I have no great illusions about the freedom of journalists. There is a saying that applies to most of them: he who pays the piper calls the tune."@en1
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