Tuesday 26 December 2017

UK 40th in Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom League Table






The UK's 4Oth place in a press freedom table is not even a position. It's a sight worse.



Freedom starts here:  1. Norway.    and ends here:    18O. North Korea.


and with yesterday's News of the World


"Frank! Fearless! Free!


But when Guardian 

hard drives and discs 

were smashed with sledge hammers

the nation's spine

quickly 

 un-

ravelled.




          Whoa! You there!

           You swallowin' your pintaday

            you pencil pushin' freedom

            preachin' milksop.

         
Off yer 'oss.

                You ain't herd? Well you've herd it noun. 

               (Spellchecker nose breast)

               Newspeak's back in town.  
He"lp!"


"Waist for us Kim."

"We're learnin' by doin'."

"We're on your way down."

"We're flailin' just's flast as we clan."


Or' well

 someone did try

did slay

. . .try two warm them


THE EN_


10 comments:

  1. Well, I suppose that's better than 41st. Poor old Blighty; on the way downhill.

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    1. At least we have company going down the slippery slope hand in hand with France!

      39th.

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  2. I like your poetry style. Does it have a name?

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    1. I wouldn't dream of giving it a name. That would be a nightmare. Name a thing and then it's history. It's like some people go to the doctor and are not satisfied unless he gives them the label. The official Latin name, that is. And the longer and more complicated the name is the better they like it. I wonder what the medical term is for a chilblain.

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  3. By caring about... civility, morality, and more... we pluck. _m

    planted press
    our own mind's gardener
    the weeds

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  4. the garden
    and the flowers
    of zeitgeist

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    1. __ Ayn Rand's "Anthem" came to mind... that travel into history; new blooms. Smiles. _m

      behind times
      as brainwash is washed aside
      new blooms

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    2. A disgraceful 23 rd in Europe. Never believed I'd see the day. See Pat's comment below.

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  5. Yes - like the poem (and the nameless style) - I too was disgusted that we came so low down and yet we tell ourselves all the time that our press is free and we are proud of it.

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    1. It's very sad that we delude ourselves in this way. There are I think at least 22 European countries above us in the list, that is to say we are 23rd position or worse, and that's just here in Europe. How dare we preach our values to other countries!

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