Če so se slovenski oblastniki odločili, da bodo točnost in korektnost medijev zagotavljali s široko definirano pravico do popravka in odgovora, ki naj jo varuje pravosodje, odgovornost pa s policijskim nadzorom in pravosodnimi procesi proti novinarjem, ki si drznejo preveč brskati po zaupnosti oblasti, se mi ideje po dodatnem »samoomejevanju«, v katerem naj sodelujejo tudi predstavniki »civilne družbe«, kar je običajno sinonim za interesna združenja, ki ideološko niso nevtralna, zdijo smešno in klečeplazno tratenje časa in denarja. (Jančič, 2001: 5.6)
But since Slovenian law-makers decided to ensure accuracy of information and correctness of conduct through a broadly defined right of correction and right of reply, backed up by the judicial system, and to ensure accountability through police-style supervision of and legal actions against journalists who dare pry into the secrets of the ruling power, the idea about additional 'self-regulation', which presupposes the participation of civil society, which is usually a synonym for ideologically non-neutral interest groups, seems to me to be a ridiculous and servile waste of time and money' (Jančič, 2001: 5-6).