What authority do you have to speak out on media issues, given that youre not even working journalists yourselves?
Everyone should have the right to speak out on issues they feel are important. Why should only media professionals be allowed to cast judgement, if at all, on their own profession? Thats elitism and we reject it totally. In any case, we’ve been active within the media for ten years, with all kinds of experience, encounters, interviews, friends, contacts and so on. We’ve also been analysing the media quite intensely for years – that should perhaps count for something. Chomsky and Herman aren’t media professionals (this nonsensical argument has been used against them too, by the way). It’s an irrational argument, intended to marginalise the public.
