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Censored: Books Banned For Sexual Content
It's Banned Books Week and time to honor some of the most reviled books in America. While book-banning may sound like a throwback to Victorian times, censoring books continues to flourish in 21st-century schools. What's most surprising is a book can be removed from a curriculum, reading list, or school library with the complaint of just one parent.
6 Silly Targets of Censorship
No country is immune to censorship. Sometimes there are compelling reasons for censorship. I think most can agree that child pornography should be censored, and Germany can make a good case for forbidding the printing of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
Should Wal-Mart Censor Artists?
It seems fair for a store to make decisions about what it wants to sell. For example, if an owner of a small business opposes vulgarity, she might pass on selling CDs with explicit language.
When Wal-Mart, the largest record store in the country, refuses to sell an artist's record because it contains bad language and insists that it will do so only after the band has released an edited, "clean" version — this is de facto censorship, and, in my opinion, an abuse of corporate power.
Wikipedia Keeps Obama's Page Clean — Is That Fair?
It may be more truthiness than truth, but Wikipedia still has some standards. The free, user-generated encyclopedia makes sure any mention of Barack Obama's eligibility to be president is deleted from his page within minutes. The argument that Obama is not a natural US citizen has been rejected by the Supreme Court and Wikipedia it seems.
TV Networks Reject Ad Questioning Obama's Citizenship
Oh, that liberal media and its gatekeeping television networks. They won't let the professional-looking ObamaForgery.com spend its American dollars on air time. The ad compiles all the Obama-isn't-an-American-citizen rumors into one minute, most of which I can't find credible sources for — on either side.
Gold Medal in Censorship? China Reblocks Websites
Now that the Olympics are long gone, and the world has its eyes off of China, the country's government has returned to keeping an eye on what its 250 million Internet users can access. It appears China, which has the most web users in the world, only made superficial advances in freedom of the press during the games. In other words: censorship is back!
Briefing Book! Experience China's Censored Internet at Home
- China: Want to come face-to-face with China's Net Nanny? New Firefox ad-on lets you experience the censored Chinese internet at home! — Shanghaiist
- Palin: Will Tina go softer on the Palins?
Front Page: Bush Defends Economic Measures, China's Media Freedoms to End, US Pushes for Iraq Security Deal
- Bush Defends Measures: In a speech at the US Chamber of Commerce moments ago, President Bush defended the government's recent intervention in the financial crisis as measures of "last resort," saying that it will "take a while" for the credit system to thaw and that Americans can be confident it will. He said of the intervention, "Had the government not acted. .
Station Censors Mistake in Debate & Fact-Checking Last Night
This is an odd case of censoring that if applied at the debate last night, could have made things look very different. In a congressional debate in Pennsylvania, a TV station has censored remarks made by one of the candidates because they were erroneous. Bleeping out a mistake?
Fab Flash: Eva Mendes Gets Censored
Apparently, Eva Mendes is too sexy for America. A few months ago, Mendes's CK perfume ads were banned and now the actress's ads for Calvin Klein's new lingerie line have been considered too raunchy for television by censors in the US.
"I was surprised at the fuss because the ad I did is so typically Calvin, where it's really pushing the envelope.
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