Re: Freedom of Speech?

[Dan Billings <billingsdan@yahoo.com>]

--- Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com> wrote:
> from this morning's NewsBlues:
> ...Viacom employees have been "asked" to sign a
> "Business Conduct Statement."
> On page 9, in a section titled "Talking to Members
> of the News Media," 
> Viacom take a chilling step toward restricting
> freedom of speech.
> We quote....
> "Unless you have been officially designated as a
> spokesperson, you may not 
> comment or provide documents or information to
> members of the news media on 
> matters pertaining to Viacom's business or any other
> internal matter. This 
> applies to all media contacts, whether on the
> record, off the record, 
> unattributed, anonymous or background contacts."]

The policy does not sound unusual to me.  I seem to
remember something similar being included in Saga's
employee manual.  What business wants a rank-and-file
employee spouting off to the newspaper about the
company's affairs? 

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine


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