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Re: PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:32:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > Is this "censoring" really any worse than this:
> > >
> > > US urges curb on Arab TV channel
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1578000/1578619.stm
> > > ==+==
> > > Washington has asked Qatar to reign in the influential and editorially
> > > independent Arabic al-Jazeera television station, which gives airtime to
> > > anti-American opinions.
> > > ==+==
> >
> > Here's a bit more.
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> > http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/349xmyff.asp
> >
> > They draw the conclusion that Powell may be overreacting a bit, and I tend
> > to agree.
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> I loved this line:
> ==+==
> National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice criticized Al Jazeera for the
> broadcast, on the grounds that, among other things, it could be used to send
> coded messages to terrorist "sleepers" in the United States and elsewhere.
> ==+==
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> Was it show on CNN? I bet it was!
Yes, in fact it was
> If they had got it 1st, would they have
> shown it? I bet they would!
No bet. They would have, based on the environment they operate in.
> Would there be calls to censor CNN? I doubt it!
Actually there have been, as it turns out. All the major US networks have
been requested not to show these taped missives any more and all (including
CNN as I understand it) have agreed to comply. I wonder if the BBC will as well?
But you're incorrect about calls to censor CNN.
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