How could you of all people say that, Guy? The RRA enjoys its association with the region with absolutely zero oversight by the government or citizenry. TRT has cooperated with the government even when the Foreign Affairs Officer for example, had to speak to us about the impact of our articles on the region's reputation abroad. I know, I've had that conversation with fratt on occasion. And here you are implying that TRT cannot be afforded a far more fair arrangement for the region's government than what you have the pleasure of enjoying in the RRA.Guy wrote: ↑11 Apr 2020, 02:16What CoS is saying, that TRT has been running independently of the government as its own entity, is entirely wrong and ahistorical. TRT has always been under the purview of the publicly-elected Media Officer, and most Media Officers have ran on a platform that included their vision for their paper, and have exercised direct editorial control.
TRT has been a newspaper of TRR, the region as a whole. TRR Government is its publisher. In exchange, the government, and sometimes the Delegate itself, has decided how it's run, and exercised editorial control over it.
The most that's occurred is that for short periods of time, the Media Officer has appointed (at staff's suggestion) someone to run the paper at their behest.
Now, onto what that means. There are essentially two options here.
1. TRT continues being a publicly-published newspaper, rather than a private venture. That means, even if the Government (Delegate / Media Officer) appoints an Editor-in-Chief to do the work, it ultimately comes under the Government. Alternatively, we could have an EiC Assembly election.
2. TRT becomes a fully private enterprise. That means it is purely the work of private citizens. It would need to decide on its own governance rules and structures. It would need to manage its relationship with stakeholders (primarily the government) if it wishes for official support. In the absence of it coming under the government, it may have less buy-in from stakeholders and the public as anything beyond a private venture.
TRT has indeed been running as an independent entity. The proof of that is the disclaimer at the bottom of each issue that reads, "The Rejected Times does not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Rejected Realms." The government has had its say in TRT only because the delegates of TRR have decided to have a Media Officer. But TRT does not need a Media Officer. If anything, the government needs us because it has no replacement office for its government that would be active or feasible. The Editor-in-Chief could easily run TRT in its stead just as a Media Officer would and had a Media Office ever not been chosen by a delegate, TRT would have continued unhindered. I challenge the government to test that theory if it is so confident in the notion that we need their assistance. I'll cut my break that I've been enjoying short and go back to running TRT as Editor-in-Chief if necessary. Do not test me in this. I don't care how much of my hair I end up pulling out to do so. TRT is far too important to me.
or the two organizations could approach one another in good faith and establish a mutually beneficial treaty to ensure fairness for both parties.