Word: censorably
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...anti-imperialism. And Dick Van Dyke chimney-sweeps his way into the hearts and minds of even the most phlegmatic. By contrast, Jane and Michael's banker father sings, "Tradition, discipline and rules must be the tools." Mary manages to convert him eventually, though. The Politburo would surely censor this film--never has the case for healthy dissent been so eloquently stated. The message is simple: if you start worrying about conquering nations, you easily forget to feed the birds. And that can be very, very costly...
Because Pravda is, in effect, the voice of the party, the paper does not have a government censor. The editors are responsible for blue-penciling incorrect thinking, but they rarely have to. Explains Arkadi Polishchuk, a New York-based émigré who sometimes writes for Pravda: "A Soviet journalist knows what will pass and what won't. He has an 'inner editor' within him. One step out of line and a journalist's career is washed...
Mine eyes have seen the censor...
...power of the press may be the power to molest...the best response to bad speech is good speech, not censorship, because when you invoke the power of the state to censor--to arrest two of your fellow students--you make it possible for that power to be used against you, and anyone else who wants to make a statement...
...broadcast date, May 12, approached, PBS came under public relations pressure to do the same, although much of the pleading seemed pro forma, recognizing that the First Amendment would make any real effort to censor the program not only impossible but counterproductive-a fact of life about U.S. freedom of expression that even the Saudis acknowledged. Exxon, which spends $5 million a year on public TV and is also one of the four U.S. partners in the Ara, bian American Oil Co., issued a statement that it would be "extremely unfortunate" if the show were to hurt U.S.-Saudi relations...