Andrew Bolt is reporting that Senator Conroy is going to use his media inquiry to manage and regulate blogs, online posts and comments. What exactly Conroy has installed is not clear, but I think we can generally assume that it will be bad for freedom of speech for the non-compliant media.
Of course the media inquiry will not deal with government endorsed media such as the ABC, even though it is the biggest news outlet in the country with more spectrum than any other media organisation. Fairfax press maybe excluded as well.
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We are living in scary times. This is a desperate government that lied to get elected – without doubt – and is now trying to intimidate and silence non-compliant voices under the guise of media diversity.
UPDATE
It is not so much what the government has done but is threatening to do. Conroy has refused to rule out licensing newspapers and regulating online content.
