Word: censorship
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...Plenty. No obscenities, obviously, but also no competitors. Reebok, Adidas, Converse, Fila and DKNY are out (though you can use Hilfiger and FCUK). Otherwise, the censorship seems arbitrary. You can have Chevy or Mercedes on your sneakers but not Ford, Saturn or Volvo. Strangely, Nike also banned the word Jordan--and the word TIME...
...country where, in 1996, 50 percent of Russians supported Chechen independence, the current approval ratings represent more than a drastic shift in public opinion. Instead, they represent the return of Soviet style tactics of governmental deception, press censorship and ethnic intolerance--all of which are used to maintain support for the Chechen conflict. They undermine the Russian government's claim that it is just following democratic precepts by following the will of the people...
...While "Love Shack" may be a hit at Chili's, the Kinko's across the street grooves at a self-proclaimed 24-7 muzak dance party--literally. The Muzak Company produces four-track mixes, which can only be played in special machines for stores across the country. This censorship of music through mechanical means irks Kinko's employee Shawn Griffin, who has abandoned three separate Starbucks jobs to escape working with people who didn't know how to have fun or listen to music. "[After a while] you don't really notice it's on anymore," he says, "because these...
...fair nation. Every Presidential hopeful has their own plan on how to reform health care, social security and/or public education. Political parties are falling over themselves to provide tax cuts. Politicians everywhere raise outcries over the massacre in Littleton and propose gun-control, tougher crime laws and/or censorship of the overly-violent media as solutions...
...music industry doesn't like Wal-Mart's policy, muttering under its collective breath about censorship and artistic freedom, but it won't buck the system. That's because Wal-Mart's reach is enormous, representing 10% to 15% of all U.S. CD sales. "It's very difficult to have a No. 1" without Wal-Mart, says a record-company executive. That's why even the biggest, baddest acts--Nirvana, Snoop Dogg--often clean up their acts to play Wal-Mart. But even that kind of screen isn't enough for parents such as Clarke, who hold Wal-Mart accountable...