Clandestine, not confidential

Sat 06 Mar, 2010
JASON WALSH attempts to separate the news from the propaganda on the international airwaves - and finds it impossible

IMAGINE THERE was a communications medium that spanned virtually the entire globe and was virtually impossible to censor. Now imagine that, unlike the internet, it couldn't be switched-off by the powers that be and didn't require expensive equipment or monthly subscription fees to access. That would be a powerful voice for democracy, wouldn't it?

http://forth.ie/index.php/content/weekend_article/clandestine_not_confidential/20100306/