Word: censorships
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Michael R. Kelsen '90 is currently studying in Israel and wrote this report for The Crimson. It was subject to Israeli military censorship...
...Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, TIME and the Associated Press, while the New York Times issued a similar statement. The network presidents charged that the rules "go far beyond what is required to protect troop safety and mission security . . . and raise the specter of government censorship of a free press." The A.P. protested a ban on reporting "details of major battle damage or major personnel losses" until announced by the Pentagon. "You could drive an Army half-track through this provision," said A.P.'s Washington bureau chief, Jonathan Wolman. An A.P. reporter was among those whose copy...
Though Defeat Homophobia's counterprotest was an AALARM-esque exercise in self-promotion, they did cut to the quick of the conflict: the decision was not institutionalized censorship but the choice of two individuals...
Before we can approach these difficult questions, it is important to understand the basics of censorship--the forceful suppression of ideas based on their content...
...true that AALARM was permitted to use the slower, featureless and poorer quality self-service copiers. But today, denying access to the best technology is tantamount to censorship. Why not, for that matter, deny an organization the use of a phone service, claiming that it is still free to go door-to-door...