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...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...
...this censorship? Or is it a moral stand every individual should be able to make...
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...