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The EBU is indeed an "interesting case." It is the only representative of media on the MAG. It consists primarily of state broadcasters, with or without statutes of editorial independence. While the EBU is a perfectly legitimate form of media representation, the special relationships of its members with governments makes it hard to say that it should be a voice for independent media.Media have been systematically ignored and underrepresented in this whole process. <BR>
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A tiny group of activists that has named itself to represent the vast and varied world of civil society has been arguing over whether it has 6 or 8 nor 10 representatives. The media component of civil society, which has a vital interest in the future of the new forms of communication, has had 1 representative, at best.<BR>
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Rony Koven<BR>
World Press Freedom Committee<BR>
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