China To Criminalize Reporting of Any News Without Government Permission
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Dick Cheney is probably hard at work trying to figure out how his administration can pass something like this...
China to ban news reports of major disasters
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published:*05 July 2006
News reporting about disasters and public disorder in China could become a crime under a proposed bill which would ban the spread of information about catastrophes without official permission.
Government officials say the legislation is aimed at stopping "irresponsible journalism", but there are fears it could be used to stop any reporting that does not meet official approval.
The proposed Law on Response to Contingencies threatens fines of up to £7,000 for misleading reports and requires journalists to get government approval before divulging news of natural disasters, outbreaks of disease, riots and other unspecified "sudden events" or "contingencies".
Wang Yongqing, of the State Council's Legislative Affairs Office, said that the law was intended to improve news by stressing journalists' duty to report accurately.
News reporting about disasters and public disorder in China could become a crime under a proposed bill which would ban the spread of information about catastrophes without official permission.
Government officials say the legislation is aimed at stopping "irresponsible journalism", but there are fears it could be used to stop any reporting that does not meet official approval.
The proposed Law on Response to Contingencies threatens fines of up to7,000 for misleading reports and requires journalists to get government approval before divulging news of natural disasters, outbreaks of disease, riots and other unspecified "sudden events" or "contingencies".
Wang Yongqing, of the State Council's Legislative Affairs Office, said that the law was intended to improve news by stressing journalists' duty to report accurately.
China to ban news reports of major disasters
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published:*05 July 2006
News reporting about disasters and public disorder in China could become a crime under a proposed bill which would ban the spread of information about catastrophes without official permission.
Government officials say the legislation is aimed at stopping "irresponsible journalism", but there are fears it could be used to stop any reporting that does not meet official approval.
The proposed Law on Response to Contingencies threatens fines of up to £7,000 for misleading reports and requires journalists to get government approval before divulging news of natural disasters, outbreaks of disease, riots and other unspecified "sudden events" or "contingencies".
Wang Yongqing, of the State Council's Legislative Affairs Office, said that the law was intended to improve news by stressing journalists' duty to report accurately.
News reporting about disasters and public disorder in China could become a crime under a proposed bill which would ban the spread of information about catastrophes without official permission.
Government officials say the legislation is aimed at stopping "irresponsible journalism", but there are fears it could be used to stop any reporting that does not meet official approval.
The proposed Law on Response to Contingencies threatens fines of up to7,000 for misleading reports and requires journalists to get government approval before divulging news of natural disasters, outbreaks of disease, riots and other unspecified "sudden events" or "contingencies".
Wang Yongqing, of the State Council's Legislative Affairs Office, said that the law was intended to improve news by stressing journalists' duty to report accurately.
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"Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead,
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
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makes me fucking sick