meembo.. i like your thoughts and logic. however id have to disagree with out on one point...
[QUOTE=meembo] Thus we preserve the autonomy of our news media as much as we do in the United States...QUOTE]
in regards to media maniupulation and control, the US would be the grandmaster! this isnt the political forum so ill keep it short..an example is the media embedded with the troops in iraq. other than that i would agree witha l you said.