[83165] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Duncan Frissell)
Wed Jul 16 16:54:10 1997
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:45:44 -0400
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970716074445.15247G-100000@well.com>
Reply-To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
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At 07:44 AM 7/16/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
> Stephen Balkam, the head of RSACi, now says he has a solution. He
> calls it RSACnews and says that legitimate news sites can use it to
> rate just their home pages without having to review each article. Now,
> what's a legitimate news site? The Netly News might qualify, but what
> about the NAMBLA News Journal? "People who generate firsthand reports
> that have been in some ways verified or structured in a way that gives
> clear and objective information as possible about events," Balkam
> says. "We will be working with the news industry to help us develop a
> criteria." (This, presumably, means groups that have signed on as
> supporters, including MSNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Well, CNET
> and Ziff-Davis. I'm told that the White House wants to qualify as a
> "news site" -- even though the information there is rarely clear and
> certainly not objective.)
I hope they'll be including Ian Goddard's site with all its TWA 800 info
and reporting of other government activities.
(http://www.erols.com/igoddard/journal.htm)
After all, he was credited as a reporter by Paris Match for his work with
Pierre prior to the famous press conference last year.
They wouldn't be contemplating licensing of journalists, would they.
DCF
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