CNN fights media restrictions in NOLA

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: corbet () killermarmot com (Jonathan Corbet)
Date: September 10, 2005 10:55:23 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: CNN fights media restrictions in NOLA


From
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/topcompanies/ 
0905/10bizkatcnn.html:

    CNN obtained a temporary restraining order late Friday to
    prevent government agencies from restricting news coverage as
    victims are recovered in New Orleans and other areas hit by
    Hurricane Katrina. [...]

    In a memo to employees late Friday, Jim Walton, president of CNN
    News Group, said the Atlanta-based news operation filed suit to
    fight possible limits on coverage. [...]

    "Government officials cannot be allowed to hinder the free flow
    of information to the public, and CNN will not let such a
    decision stand without challenge," Walton said.

I honestly wonder much we would really have learned about what happened
in New Orleans had the government been able to establish control there
*before* the media started broadcasting.  The relatively free hand they
had for the first few days is discouragingly rare anymore.  Maybe it has
given them a bit of a taste of how nice it can be to really report the
news?

jon


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