14 Jun 2007

Blair Calls For Chinese Style Net Controls In the UK


Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair has savaged online media today in a speech in which he declared war on the free press by hinting at new restrictions on internet journalism and suggested that the media should be brought more into line with the government.

Blair complained that the media was too "feral" (i.e. not tamed by the government) More on Infowars




Tony Blair hinted today at new restrictions on internet journalism, saying online news coverage had become "more pernicious and less balanced" than traditional political reporting.




Tony Blair: 'New forms of media can be even more pernicious'
In a farewell lecture on public life, he said that much of the British media behaved like a "feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits". More plus clip