Word: censor
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...Council takes precautionary measures against unknowingly airing offensive material (by checking ratings, reviews, and synopses of the subject matter), the nature of the event necessarily limits the Council’s ability to inquire into shows’ and movies’ content with extensive thoroughness or to censor controversial material within a given screening, and few if any undergrads who have taken advantage of these events would contend that this should prohibit the Council from fulfilling its mission and responsibility to provide such services to the student body. When Fox Broadcasting Company contacted the Council to suggest...
...police may have to accept some of the blame. The Ministry of Public Security runs production studios that create some of the country's most popular reality police shows, which have been proliferating so rapidly that government censors in March barred 40% of applications for new programs based on police work. But in part because the censor?the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television?isn't powerful enough to block shows produced by the police, it had to settle for restrictions on those already on the air. The police-produced show "Zero Distance," an organized-crime expos?...
...essence, this is the argument against political correctness. Groups who seek to censor perceived obscenities on the grounds that they are not politically correct are actually hurting their cause by depriving society of the ability to better understand the truth. This pitfall loomed large on Tuesday, when the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and other student groups took action to stop the sale of the “Yale Sucks, Jeter Swallows” T-shirt sold by Satire...
...minor case—Satire V hasn’t even stopped selling the T-shirts, they just aren’t doing so publicly—the actions of the BGLTSA reflect a trend towards greater political correctness at Harvard and across the country. But trying to censor public discourse, obscene or otherwise, on the grounds of political correctness should never become something to be done lightly...
...winning the election in Florida—even if it means stifling academic expression. As Domínguez succinctly put it: “The U.S. government has sent one clear message to the Cuban government in all of this: If you do not like what academics write, censor them...