Control of the media has always been a temptation. Repressive regimes without a free press go to extreme lengths to silence journalists. New media are harder to control than traditional media, but so is the quality of the information they put out.
The latest issue(No. 4, 2007) of the UNESCO Courier covers the growing threats to the freedom of the press and to journalists themselves.
See:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=37607&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
French:
http://portal.unesco.org/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=37607&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Spanish:
http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=37607&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html