Word: censor
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...applies to the use of profanity." Joe Roth, Academy Awards producer, on whether a five-second delay in the broadcast will be used to censor political statements made by winners...
...notions from politicians and film idols when such figures were not ubiquitous TV presences. More often, Paar made news by being himself-a softy quick to anger, quick to cry-and by keeping his audience guessing what mood Jack would be in tonight. One night, annoyed by the NBC censor's cutting of a mildly ribald anecdote, he walked off the show. And a month later, he walked back...
...them to respect every person’s freedom of speech. The members of an academic community must value the expression of ideas, even and especially controversial ones, he said, expressing concern that students were removing posters they found disagreeable or offensive. Students do not have the right to censor one another, he stated, and Harvard must be open to the free exchange of ideas...
MacArthur, in his time, was rather lucky that the American public was so squarely behind the war, and that the law of the land gave him the authority to censor the news media as he pleased. Now, with the American populace enjoying the carnival-like violence emanating from a far-off place—and with a slate of Democratic hopefuls egging them on—an otherwise normal postwar reconstruction has turned into a bloody hell...
...Safran agreed to a $107,430 book contract with the CIA that granted the agency the right to censor the book and required that Safran not reveal the CIA funding...