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November 19th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
SELF-REGULATION is the only way the Australian media can operate in a democracy, the public inquiry into the media has heard.
The government would inevitably take over any statutory body it funded to oversee the media, the former head of the Australian Press Council, David Flint, told the Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation in Sydney today.
Professor Flint said he had 25 years’ experience in media regulation, the result of which was that “I think self-regulation in a democracy is the only way that one can proceed”.
It would not be possible to legislate around ethics or establish court-like structures to do so, Prof Flint said.
“I think it would be dangerous because there is an inevitable tendency or temptation on the part of government to occupy regulatory bodies to their advantage,” he said.
The media was the instrument that examined the “follies of the government and the weakness of the government”, Prof Flint said.
If the government provided funding for a regulatory body, “won’t they want to tend to fill it with their nominees?”
“`Won’t they want that body to come up with solutions which favour the government?” he asked.
Prof Flint agreed that a media council overseeing all forms of media would be a good idea, but he said it would need to be run on a voluntary basis similar to the Australian Press Council.
The inquiry is continuing
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