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Saswat Pattanayak

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Saswat Pattanayak is a Human being, Journalist, Generalist, Atheist, Poet, Lover, Communist, Third wave Feminist, LGBT ally, Black Power comrade, Peacenik, Critical media theo...more...

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The Vanity Fair photos featuring Miley Cyrus were appropriate.

I do not expect anything better from Vanity Fair as such.

 Stand Taken 6/5/2008 11:12 AM

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Websites should not allow anonymous comments.

No, they should not. People who are afraid to speak in public should create their own little homepages and be silent. Or whats better, they should just stick to the dumb television sets.

 Stand Taken 6/5/2008 11:10 AM

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Congress should not pass the Internet Radio Equality Act.

there can never be any real equality unless radio is nationalized

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:35 PM

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"Citizen journalism" has a positive effect on news reporting.

vigilant citizens are the best journalists

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:34 PM

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Paparazzi should not be required to obtain permission from the people they photograph.

then they would not be called paparazzi anyway

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:33 PM

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The federal government should regulate violence on television.

to the extent of banning violent depictions

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:33 PM

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Television news should entertain as well as inform.

television news should not be taken seriously anyway

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:32 PM

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Laws allowing journalists to protect confidential sources should apply to bloggers.

most bloggers are better informed journalists, and most journalists suck at their job

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:32 PM

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Web sites should be held legally responsible for user-generated content.

yes unless internet is anarchic and one does not need to make profits

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:31 PM

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The use of the Internet has affected the English language.

just as fast food has affected the nutrition chart

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:30 PM

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Advertisements can have artistic value.

for sure. just as porn movies have.

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:30 PM

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Any publisher of leaked information should not always have the right to maintain the confidentiality of his source.

there should be no secrecy when it involves public concerns. truth seekers need not be afraid..

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:30 PM

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Current restrictions limiting the concentration of media ownership are not reasonable; there should be greater restriction.

we need to give the media back to the people...not to greedy capitalists. ..

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:29 PM

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The media is not politically biased, they generally avoid bias.

if they had a bias, the underdogs would benefit. they are too objective for the sake of profits

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:28 PM

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The news media should cover celebrities' personal lives.

...since the news media today are a bunch of hilarious corporate pimps anyway

 Stand Taken 6/3/2008 9:27 PM

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