Super One reporters are propagandists, not journalists.

First and foremost it is the media themselves that should fight for their right to freedom of expression by not allowing themselves to be frightened into submission by the government.

Very recently when Manwel Mallia was forced to resign, an angry Prime Minister said in Parliament that he is going to target Opposition MPs one by one.

It was a serious threat in a democracy, yet it was hardly reported in the media.

If this government is getting away with murder, then each and every one of us has a duty to speak.

This government either buys silence and consent or else bullies into submission those who speak out. That is precisely why this blog is so popular – because it is the only media outlet which refuses to be bullied by this government.

Two things you should do.

1. Raise hell every time something or someone is suppressed.

2. Ask questions and hold your government to account.

Muscat tweeted his support for Renzi’s call for UN intervention in Libya, saying Malta will do its bit. The tweet was in Italian. It was aimed at Renzi. All the main newspapers reported this. None of them included a direct quote by Muscat in response to their question.

The prime minister believe himself to be unaccountable. Hold him to account.

We swamp the Police and courts with libel prosecutions.

[Daphne – Harassment of journalists by the police at the request of officials and politicians, David, is most definitely something that impacts negatively on press freedom.]