Word: censorships
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that there should no longer be any taboo subjects for TASS reporters. "We are going through our own perestroika here," he says. "I want our journalists to be known by their writing, professionalism and style." But he concedes that change does not come easily, particularly in a country where censorship has long been considered a form of patriotism. "Now we tell our correspondents that they must break their own psychological barriers and not consult with the embassy or Foreign Ministry before issuing a story." To be sure, the old ways have not totally died at TASS, and the government still...
...censorship issue," says Shaffner. "If Dean Epps starts taking away room privileges from student groups, what's he going to do next? It's a very effective way of silencing students and keeping them from organizing...
...three-fourths of West Germans favor unification. But with unification likely to take place sooner than almost anyone expected, East Germans are beginning to realize that they are going to lose the attractive sides of communism (subsidized housing, guaranteed jobs) as well as the less desirable aspects (secret police, censorship). Across the border, meanwhile, West Germans are starting to fret about the high costs of adopting their poor relations...
...view that as censorship--it gets to be tricky, though. That's why I was in no position to ask Jon to take it down....It's something that he had to do for himself," he said...
Kupreyev also feels that censorship should have been imposed in the region. "It's not democratic, but the local media are to blame for inciting people," he contends. "The Azerbaijani TV station in Shusha ((a town in Nagorno-Karabakh)) broadcast interviews with Azerbaijani refugees. I heard one commentator say, 'Don't worry, the time will soon come when we'll give you a better house in Stepanakert than you used to have.' We said let's close the station. Soviet television gains nothing from it, and friendship between peoples will gain. But it didn't happen...