Unfortunately freedom
of speech is contingent to how much
money you have given that the media is itself a business that has to make profits as well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot
of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put
money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand
on our
side of the
equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary
money to run a public relations campaign (
of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issue.
On the other
side of the
equation, you have books, where short
of a certain length, Tofel notes, «it's hard to charge enough for a book to make
money.»
Government funding should be focused predominantly
on the science
of nano - risk characterization, because private
money for these promising technologies will tend more towards the product innovation
side of the
equation.