Satire outpaced by reality

Lou Paulsen wwchi at enteract.com
Wed Oct 10 21:28:43 PDT 2001



>From The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/onion3736/freedoms_curtailed.html

FREEDOMS CURTAILED IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY

WASHINGTON, DC-Responding to the threats facing America's free democratic system, White House officials called upon Americans to stop exercising their democratic freedoms Monday. .....

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http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/11/national/11TUBE.html

New York Times. 11 October 2001. At U.S. Request, Networks Agree to Edit Future bin Laden Tapes.

The five major television news organizations reached a joint agreement yesterday to follow the suggestion of the White House and abridge any future videotaped statements from Osama bin Laden or his followers to remove language the government considers inflammatory.



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