Here’s a real lulu. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams is reported as wanting a more ‘policed’ atmosphere on the web: a more controlled environment full of professional media people who write the Queen’s English and report only on sensible matters.
Maybe he should employ Microsoft and move to China then he can also censor words such as freedom, democracy and human rights on the Internet.
Wouldn’t that be great!
THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has criticised the new web-based media for paranoid fantasy, self-indulgent nonsense and dangerous bigotry. He described the atmosphere on the world wide web as a free-for-all that was close to that of unpoliced conversation.
In a lecture to media professionals, politicians and church leaders at Lambeth Palace in London last night, Dr Williams wondered whether a balance could be struck between the professionalism of the classical media and the relative disorder of online communication.
Ruth Gledhill | Times Online | Link