Responsible Media: Another Endangered Species

摘要

In the normal course of events, this column would focus on a different titillating legal issue every edition. In light of December's column on suing ENGOs for spreading falsehoods about aquaculture, it would be unusual to carry over a discussion on asimilar topic. However, the recent flood of PCB-laced propaganda spewed-forth by ENGOs and the media warrants additional consideration in this edition. The freedom of speech doctrine is the darling of anti-aquaculturists. This doctrine, that a person cannot be held liable for expressing their opinion on an issue (regardless of how ignorant the opinion is), is nowhere more protected, or protective, than in North America, and particularly the United States. Canada and the United States have become havensfor organizations that chose to prey on the gullibility of the general public in furthering their agenda to end aquaculture world-wide.