Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Reaction to report ranges Fin r j Iii 1 1 Viii Mic Fol Al offt Fol tints to guarded i Imus t it Deal owl Conwy Nam mar of u be Mommi tap in Winnipeg i think tacit i Fitt kind of big tooth tint Nef rippers a tuft hid tote Mii Apig Tifer Mun Ray without openly laying they the flute Ninnem practice of noted Ben Nimi of tweet to brining outsiders into the if youre going to have an give him a contract and then mate him responsible to i think you can operate a a newsroom that who second cd curses to Kint import the commission was trying to cute stand whats happening in news but t dont think Treyve got it when Allied for Owall opinion of tin commit Sions the commissioners did not ask the right questions at Public 1 dont think they realty understand the nature of aur total com Petit Iota dont think they fully under stand the complexities of new spa Harvey expressed reservations about the commissions suggestion that a press review panel be these people what kind of authority do they have what Power do they yield she i dont like anybody standing in judgment of the Content and business end of she while there is Stone potential commended incentives and penalties Rof of Cunt to two is of Leif edit offal it is posse me the penalty amid Lead to Man Ftp to the to All sounds but How do Yea accomplish Alt things asked Merlin a retired advertising wait gear v of plate who did not support the Ink am Are to blame for Fin Amial problems the paper feed before Elos he said he sees the same thing pening with the Winnipeg we have a new paper in 1 Haven seen a hut Eort Bay and if it 1 had a stong suspicion that Thorn son in Toronto Doest want his Money flowing into an opposing said papers facing a tax Alty far spending t amount m their editorial he i think is just he v Fjug who presented a Brief on behalf of the Liberal said he would support turning the ree into whether the bar Home legislation is a question of he it is a matter 6f whether or not government ready to take on pretty Strong Ped pie to this Erie a former editor of the Winnipeg didst Mudi of the Royal commissions this present Repart it Doest give me a picture of what the Public needs in the he Wells it have own much better if half the Money spent by the to u commission had been Given Peg St publisher Tom providing tax Breaks for n which spend More than the National average on their editorial budgets is he papers already make More Money than Gold Nieolo wiled the inhouse committee i dont see Why the Community should have a direct voice in the nut ring of the the publisher i have no real objection to a press but to have people Tell you How to operate in the Community is just t think its As for the press rights Nieolo said it would be Al powerful and give the government control of the there take control from amm a give it la that panel pint Etc by the i think that Burt said the provision teed publication of by the inhouse watchdog committee would allow members to make in kinds of meals with Legal Protection he the committee would be a poor substitute for in editor 6f Strong character and objected to editors being seen guessed and censured by outsiders free of the pressure of making deadline Nicot said he is not frightened of Public scrutiny and has no real Jet Iota to press the two press executives also opposed appointment of a single editor i chief for saying it would put one Man in charge of both editorial opinion and news Kent confident of 1 i 9 by Michael Doyle Ottawa prime minister to ideas will act on recommendations of the Kent Royal commission on news its chairman said Halifax University professor Tom Kent said he is confident that the government will act because it specifically requested his me said although the government failed to act in 1970 when a commission under Sena Tor Keith Davey warned of Many of the problems now facing the that report want requested and the government did not pay much attention while the senators hearings were in the government does take the prob Lem Kent it is deeply concerned and will give serious consideration to any recommendations we will he suggested Tough report had Praise for the Kent this is our last Chance to do anything meaningful about press concentration in Davey said i suggested that they should be Tough and they have 1 am confident that the government of Canada will be just As Kent admitted that the proposed newspaper act and its provision for written guidelines involves the govern ment in newspapers for the first but he said if the report is used As a basis for the Freedom of the press will be sustained because the not Only is written with newspaper principles and traditions in its principles conform to those of the Canadian daily newspapers association which represents Kent also said it is unlikely that any government corporations would be Able to buy into newspapers up for Sale As a result of a new newspaper act because they would be disqualified under the same rules that disqualify other conglomerates from owning Kent said the idea of a print version of the Csc was thrown out because the result would be an expensive Nulli the former free press editor and aide to former prime minister Lester Pearson said his own recommendations do not infringe upon press Freedom and also avoid the kind of regulation faced by radio and television through the Canadian radio television and Tele communications Kent said if the spirit of his report is it would make it out of the question for the government to subsequently limit press among no statutory proposals in the Kent has suggested that the newspaper Industry itself with More support to journalism education through die travel and it suggests establishment of an Indus try National training foundation or Institute to provide a variety of seminars and it suggests More inhouse training and regional press councils rather than the National press Council suggested by newspaper inquiry missed the says Sun publisher the Kent commission report is 296 pages by Andy Blicq restrictions on corporate newspaper ownership recommended by the Kent commission could Hurt Winnipeg recently founded Independent these Are Only if they were to be carried Forward into action and made retroactive of course it would have a serious affect on the viability of the entire said Winnipeg Sun publisher Tom Den the Sun is part of a concept which marries a Small tabloid with weekly the Royal commission on new spa per recommended forbidding the ownership of both daily and weekly publications in the same circulation Denton was critical of the Kent com Mission released i think its a poor he the commission has a tremendous Opportunity to do something constructive for the they missed the Mark rather he the commission did not look into the Canadian newspaper Market from the perspective of Small he pointing to new electronics and com Puter Denton said the conv missions recommendation for controls on links Between broadcasting and pub Lishing businesses flys in the face of the realities of publishing in the Denton attacked the notion of a press rights panel to Monitor Kent commis Sion proposals and act As a press i think its its the enemy of everything newspapers ought to stand assessing Breaks or penalties depending on How much newspapers on their editorial departments Doest make sense for weekly papers which operate on a Small budget and Little news Denton Howe quote he said it is ironic the Kent commis Sion used the Joseph Howe quote leave an unshackled press As a legacy to your children in the Forward of its the Sun uses the same quotation on its it is unlikely the government will turn the commissions recommendations into legislation because they Are so wide of the Mark he Olympus National to cameras Olympus National to cameras Ottens Husk Imit a want 135 my 75180 my m Olympus of 10 with 50 my f Lens t20 Auto Flash full exposure control automatically we accept trades the lowest priced 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