Foreign Newspaper Licensing & My Freedom of the Press Conviction #freedomofthepress
Liked I have emphasized, Andrew Yoder's book, Pirate Radio Stations: Tuning into Underground Broadcasts, persuaded me that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) violates freedom of the press by licensing radio and television. So I have been boycotting mainstream media since approximately 1997.
Some time ago, I realized that I had errored by boycotting mainstream newspapers, since neither the FCC nor any other federal or state governmental body licenses newspapers in the USA. So since then I have been reading mainstream newspapers, while continuing to focus on boycotting broadcast radio and television.
Fast forward to today. I am trying different things to make my Free Press Media Press business succeed, so among other things, I am trying to advertise my free speech books in newspapers in Middle Eastern countries like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.
I face a dilemma. It sounds like the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran license newspapers. So it might follow that this fact would obligate me to also boycott these nations' newspapers, thus maybe I better not continue to seek advertising in these newspapers.
I have maintained that I am focusing on boycotting US media. Still, when I have traveled abroad, the foreign broadcast media issue troubled me. I have decided to boycott foreign broadcast television and radio. Realizing that some governments license newspapers as well, does my freedom of the press conviction obligate me to boycott all newspapers in nations that license newspapers?
As I blaze this Free Press Media trail, I seek to optimize my integrity, so I hope to resolve this dilemma so I excel at advancing my conviction.
Some time ago, I realized that I had errored by boycotting mainstream newspapers, since neither the FCC nor any other federal or state governmental body licenses newspapers in the USA. So since then I have been reading mainstream newspapers, while continuing to focus on boycotting broadcast radio and television.
Fast forward to today. I am trying different things to make my Free Press Media Press business succeed, so among other things, I am trying to advertise my free speech books in newspapers in Middle Eastern countries like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.
I face a dilemma. It sounds like the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran license newspapers. So it might follow that this fact would obligate me to also boycott these nations' newspapers, thus maybe I better not continue to seek advertising in these newspapers.
I have maintained that I am focusing on boycotting US media. Still, when I have traveled abroad, the foreign broadcast media issue troubled me. I have decided to boycott foreign broadcast television and radio. Realizing that some governments license newspapers as well, does my freedom of the press conviction obligate me to boycott all newspapers in nations that license newspapers?
As I blaze this Free Press Media trail, I seek to optimize my integrity, so I hope to resolve this dilemma so I excel at advancing my conviction.