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...action to avoid fines. In fact, independent radio stations are even more vulnerable to government pressure than huge conglomerates, as they are less able to afford FCC fines. The problem here is government overregulation of radio content, not underregulation of radio ownership. The government should get out of the censorship business and let radio station owners, big and small, bring their listeners what they want to hear...
Omar al-Dewachi, an Iraqi medical school graduate who is now pursuing a doctorate in anthropology at Harvard, said academic resources in Iraq had stagnated because of sanctions and censorship in Saddam Hussein’s regime...
...Ever since the Janet Jackson flap, the country has experienced a temporary frenzy about televised propriety. But we are talking here not about a wardrobe malfunction but about representations of the single worst attack ever perpetrated against the U.S. Yet people who reflexively loathe any kind of censorship are inclined to countenance 9/11 self-censorship because the demand comes from the families and the fire fighters who, on this issue, claim to have a higher moral standing...
...DIED. VIJAY ("GOLDIE") ANAND, 71, prominent Bollywood director and brother of durable cinema star Dev Anand, who together made several 1960s and '70s Hindi-language classics; in Bombay. Anand's credits included Guide, Kala Bazaar and Jewel Thief. He also served as chairman of India's film-censorship board, a post he resigned in 2002 after clashing with the government over his suggestion to allow the screening of adult movies in some theaters...
...More lenient censorship has helped spark a Renaissance in local filmmaking: last year, 22 movies were released, more than double the number in 2002 and three times more than in 2001. 30 Days to Look for Love portrays three girls who bet they can get a boyfriend within a month. It isn't just romances that have fans queuing up. Tusuk Jelangkung (The Undead), a Sixth Sense-style psychological thriller, drew an estimated 1.4 million moviegoers, triple the turnout for a typical Hollywood offering. "Finally we're seeing films that Indonesians can relate to," says Aida Nurmala, who plays...