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Re: What Censorship Isn't
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:44:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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When a privately-owned website enforces the TOS to which posters have
explicitly agreed, that’s not censorship.
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Does that apply to pay-to-view television channels too? If they purposefully
leave out bits of news is it not censorship?
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Every news show leaves out bits of news. Is all news censored?
Every library excludes some books. Is that censorship?
Tim
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) It depends largely on their reasons for doing it. If it is to purposefully bias the news (eg. render something not-true through omission) then it is censorship. But as I said it's not the best analogy. Tim (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Censorship implies a bit more active restriction, I think. Censorship of the news would be when a party involved in delivering the news attempts to delivery a particular piece of news but is denied by their editor, manager, network, the FCC, (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Does that apply to pay-to-view television channels too? If they purposefully leave out bits of news is it not censorship? I agree it's not the best analogy but the private=noncensored argument is a dangerous one. (...) Why not? Is it not (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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