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Brave News World.

Authors :
Krauthammer, Charles
Source :
New Republic. 3/14/81, Vol. 184 Issue 11, p21-23. 3p.
Publication Year :
1981

Abstract

Presents information on a plan proposed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization regarding the licensing and protection of journalists and ensure that they comply with the generally accepted ethics of their profession. Information on New World Economic Order that demands for the redressal of the perceived inequities; Charge that the West with creating and perpetuating an imbalance in the world's flow of information under the guise of maintaining freedom; Creation of an indigenous third world information infrastructure in a spirit of collective self-reliance; Regulation of the right to information by preventing abusive uses of the right of access; Establishment of a professional code of ethics, enforced by a tribunal empowered to punish violators who disseminate false or distorted information; Discussion of the creation of an international convention defining the right of reply for maligned states.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
184
Issue :
11
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
12618403