Media Censorship

Olbermann-O'Reilly: Détente We Don't Want

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Michelle Schweiger Schecter

A sandbox brawl between Keith and Bill Has left their parents feeling ill They want their boys to get along Yet the ultimate result is quite wrong

Tell Media: Include Single-Payer in Healthcare Debate

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


Isabel Macdonald

The insurance lobbies and many politicians may not want to talk about single-payer. But that makes it all the more important that the media do.

Internet Censorship Legislation Could Make It Illegal For U.S. Companies To Aid Repressive Governments

The Guardian | Bobbie Johnson and Daniel Nasaw | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


Internet activists are urging Barack Obama to pass legislation that would make it illegal for technology companies to collaborate with authoritarian c...

Dear President Obama: In Talking to China, Remember its People

Rebecca MacKinnon | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


Rebecca MacKinnon

If you really want to take U.S.-China relations to a new level that rises above the day-to-day issues, you need to find new ways to engage the Chinese people themselves -- not just their government.

Faith! Family! Films! And the Crystal Teddy Goes to...

David Sterritt | Posted 02.12.2009 | Entertainment


David Sterritt

What riles me is the business of peddling movies on DVD after scrubbing them squeaky clean, or as we used to say in pre-digital antiquity, censoring them.

Media Must Raise, Not Lower The Bar For Palin For Thursday's Debate

Brian Ross | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

Given that Bush has grounded the ship of state on an iceberg turned loose by global warming, the failure to hold Palin up to the same standards as any other vice presidential candidate would be an act of gross irresponsibility.

Hardliner Repression of Iranians Online

Elham Gheytanchi | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics


Elham Gheytanchi

As Tehran's nuclear crisis grabs headlines, an ominous development is taking place inside Iran: the escalation of state repression against Iranian dissidents online.

Sex and the Swedish Censor

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media


Jacqueline Leo

Although Svennson's initiative is directed at television, it will have a chilling effect on other advertising if it passes Parliament, and it may even affect French and British politics.

Olympics Committee Admits Internet Censorship Deal With China

ABC News | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media


Some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let China block sensitive websites despite promises of unrestricted access, a senior IOC ...

Can't Take a Joke

Mary Lyon | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media


Mary Lyon

The New Yorker editors could have put a bit more thought into it than just -- "let's provoke." Cause some things just may not be all that funny.