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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (7490)2/8/2005 10:35:37 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Easongate Upate V

Sisyphus

Mr. Adams informed me that the WEF has decided, at this time, not to release the video of "Will Democracy Survive the Media?"

I followed up with specific questions concerning who else has contacted him, about the session summary, and whether the decision can be revisited if the session participants request the video be released. I sent him those questions with my brief notes in an email so he could, as they say in the legislature, revise and extend his remarks.

I have asked his permission that his reply be publicly available.

The one question/answer that I think I should summarize here, now, is whether he was contacted by anyone requesting that he NOT release the tape. He was very clear that no one had contacted him requesting the tape not be released.

Yes, I am disappointed. The rock rolled down the hill. The plan now is to get Eason Jordan, David Gergen and Rep. Frank on the record requesting that portion of the tape be released.

UPDATE: I am withholding much of my initial reactions until Mr. Adams has had a chance to reply to my email. That's not an open ended time frame. But ...

I do want to point out the irony of the WEF not releasing this particular video. From the summary: "... an informal consensus was reached that a healthy media makes for a robust democracy and one cannot survive without the other."

The media did not demonstrate "health" in its non-coverage of this session and the controversy this past week. It is not a sign of the media's or democracy's "health" that the media meekly sits back, allowing the WEF to withhold video of a discussion that created this much controversy on such an important issue.

This is the antithesis of robust. This is the antithesis of informed citizenry. And I plan to remind CNN especially of this everytime I hear some complaint about someone not releasing something (i.e., VP Cheney's Energy meetings for those on the left that found no interest in this).

OK, that's probably more than enough. I feel a little better now.

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