Fourth observation

"Pluralism" as far as viewpoints are concerned simply means that there exists the right and legal means for both sides to be heard ("audiadur et altera pars" is a weft-known axiom). However this in no way implies that the field of media is "up for grabs" and that anyone can enter and say whatever one feels like, without any hesitation and without elementary censorship of the words and of the spirit of these words. Isn't the levelling of all viewpoints, having first been affirmed or at least pardoned - even those that strongly refute the "law of contradictions" - the most dangerous form of laicism and moral indifference? Where, then, and by what means are we to draw the dividing fine between the permissible variety of interpretation of certain given data on the one hand, and the irresponsible harbouring of illusions by inexperienced or malevolent persons on the other?

Consequently, it would not be inappropriate to conclude these general observations about modern journalism with a characteristic comment that was made to me several years ago by a fine author and journalist in Greece. He described the lack of feeling and cynicism with which most people within the profession are trained by revealing to me that the first ride and the simplest advice given to them is: "In the beginning you learn how to write in order to be paid. Afterwards you will learn how to get paid in order not to write".

Any other comment would be superfluous.