Intergalactic Summit

There is a difference between CONCORD having a mandate to protect and maintain Interstellar communication networks, and protecting freedom of speech.

One it is obligated to do, and the other it is not.

I never knew you were close personal friends or family with Lina Ambre to know what is and isn't out of character for her, as a reporter or otherwise, either.

But yeah, I'm sure all the sheeple will wake up now thanks to your post.

Not sure what are you shocked about, journalism is lacking this days as always especially mainstream one it's mostly PR.
Corporate media entities are business first journalism second.

This turn of events should come as no surprise.

CONCORD could not control the Scope as a Federation news agency. When the Scope started sticking their nose where it didn't belong, the reporters were held until an "understanding" was reached.

Holding them was the stick, giving them "independence" is the carrot. It's the reward for being a good little propaganda machine for CONCORD interests. Gutter Press or TL;DR are far more likely to bring us unbiased news than the Scope will.

But I'm the criminal...

I, um... I'm not sure exactly how much the Scope is worth, but I'm pretty sure that transaction might go the other way round.

There doesn't have to be mistreatment for there to be intimidation. I never claimed that CONCORD tortured Lina and Gaunia. The SCOPE broadcast was a legitimate news story, something the press is allowed to do under CONCORDs own Freedom of Press legislation. CONCORD responded to the story by detaining the reporter and the production manager for the story. Are you going to honestly say that this doesn't have a chilling effect on the freedom of the press? Do you really think that the next time that a reporter has a story that might paint CONCORD in a negative light, that reporter won't think hard about not filing the report out of fear that CONCORD might strike out at them for just doing reporting the truth?

I am not against proper legal process and accountability. If crimes were committed, then they should be investigated. But what happened here appears to be simple intimidation hiding behind quasi-legal procedure. Lina and Gaunia were held without charges for almost 7 days. If CONCORD had actually been serious about prosecuting a crime under the Interstellar Corporate Espionage (ICE) Act, Lina and Gaunia, as well as The SCOPE, and Eifyr & Co would have been charged and prosecuted. Instead, the reporters were released and things were swept under the rug after the message that reporters shouldn't cross CONCORD was delivered.


One other thing. While I was rereading the articles about this incident, I noticed that there was an unidentified employee of Eifyr & Co. that was not released with Lina and Gaunia. Has anyone heard anything more about this person? Have they been released or were charges ever filed against them? This is possibly even more troubling than the intimidation of the press. We need to know what happened to this person. I am sending a message to Captain Marshal Sirdan xer Qosh, Holy Amarr's representative to CONCORD, asking that an inquiry into the status of this unidentified prisoner be initiated. I ask all of you to check your resources to see if you can track down news of what happened to this individual.

I'm certain that this move will result in no change in The Scope's editorial stance, and that ACN will remain as the cluster's only source of unbiased news.

Pretty easily.

Amarrians don't smile, they just add a handful more wrinkles to the thousands already present.

You know that lying is a sin, right?

Saying ACN is unbiased is like saying water is dry.

Yes, I think they are now collaborating with CONCORD. Maybe CONCORD have something on them, to shut their mouth, maybe they were bribed, i think SCOPE businesses are sometimes more shady than its apparent.