From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 03:17:44 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News
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At 07:44 AM 7/16/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
>        Stephen Balkam, the head of RSACi, now says he has a solution. He
>   calls it RSACnews and says that legitimate news sites can use it to
>   rate just their home pages without having to review each article. Now,
>   what's a legitimate news site? The Netly News might qualify, but what
>   about the NAMBLA News Journal? "People who generate firsthand reports
>   that have been in some ways verified or structured in a way that gives
>   clear and objective information as possible about events," Balkam
>   says. "We will be working with the news industry to help us develop a
>   criteria." (This, presumably, means groups that have signed on as
>   supporters, including MSNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Well, CNET 
>   and Ziff-Davis. I'm told that the White House wants to qualify as a 
>   "news site" -- even though the information there is rarely clear and
>   certainly not objective.)

I hope they'll be including Ian Goddard's site with all its TWA 800 info
and reporting of other government activities. 
(http://www.erols.com/igoddard/journal.htm)

After all, he was credited as a reporter by Paris Match for his work with 
Pierre prior to the famous press conference last year.

They wouldn't be contemplating licensing of journalists, would they.

DCF

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