[lbo-talk] Freedom of Press Iraq style

[Kevin Robert Dean]

".....Fearing that local politicians and returning exiles
have bullied their way onto the air, often to promote
themselves and sometimes to incite violence, the 101st
commander, Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, said yesterday in a
telephone interview from his Mosul headquarters that he is
considering putting a U.S. Army officer and a translator in
the station to monitor what goes on the air.......He said
he has been working with lawyers and others to determine
the circumstances that would keep programming off the air.
"Yes, what we are looking at is censorship," he said, "but
you can censor something that is intended to inflame
passions."....."

 
http://commondreams.org/headlines03/0509-03.htm
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