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Story: MEP: Media industry must not infiltrate data retention laws
Posted by: Arthur B. (Tuesday 29 November 2005, 10:12 PM)
The general issue here is that the commercially sponsored lobby is more often then not the one voice that's mostly heard (or even the only one heard) by politicians that make decisions that impact many directly or indirectly.
Not only is that very undemocratic and a prime example of bad (lazy?) research, investigations and facts gathering. It also shouldn't be a surprise that in doing so politicial decisions favour the (hidden) agenda's of the commercial companies sponsoring the forementioned lobbiests.
As such I would welcome a little bit of "soul searching" amongst politicians and let them reflect on what they think is expected from them in which ways. Most specificly, who do they think they represent? And how does that translate to who they really listen to (the most)?
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