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the Media will get pissed at being spied on and want to fight back. By depriving Officialdom of the opportunity to air their views, while allowing Officialdom's opposition (NGO's, citizens, etc.)to air theirs, they will be taking a stand, albeit indirectly, against the violation of their civil rights as well as throwing a wrench in the governments propoganda campaign.
After all the information the government is "stealing" is the property of the media. I believe the Bushies are using their ill gotten gains to get a leg up in their propoganda war by rehearsing the questions, topics, etc. of upcoming events.
A letter to the media org might read:
"Are you going to take this government intrusion into your org laying down? Americans are not happy with the Bush adminstrations handling of affairs and violating their and your privacy and would almost certainly be in favor of the media standing up to these propogandists by demanding that interviewees from officialdom sign a statement that they where not aware of what would be discussed on an upcoming event, interview etc. If the interviewee refuses to sign the request then they will not be granted an interview. The oppositions interview will be the only one heard.
The media can make its unbiased events a selling point: IN addition it would be a good policy to inform the audience (viewers, readership) why someone was denied an interview. ie: "They refused to meet our minimal conditions. We want the you audience to recieve a fair and balanced account and we cannot guarantee this if government officials have access to our communications, (questions, etc.) while those making counterpoints do not.
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