Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-05-15]: Associated Press news agency accuses US government of logging the phone calls of some of its members, who were investigating a CIA operation. [source: web news] We want to believe in the freedom of Press. We want to believe in the illusion of freedom. We want to feel surprised when we read such news. I dream of a world free. A world free from "freedom" (Loci).
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-02-22]: Two western journalists die in Syria [source: BBC News]. Let us all now discuss about that very important matter and forget about all other anonymous non-western people dying over the world every passing minute… Being a journalist in a war zone entails danger. So why is the expected breaking “news”?
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-06-06]: The separation of powers is a prerequisite for a functioning democracy. But even more important is the independence of journalists. If those who are supposed to inform us are dependent, then how can we control those in power? When journalists say there is no danger of radiation when thousands of tones of radioactive water is poured into the sea (Japan), when they say that Iraq is a terrible military nuclear power we have to destroy (USA), when they strike without warning a day after the largest protest of citizens in the history of the country (Greece), that how can one become a Citizen with the way ancient Athenians defined “citizen” ?
