Is There Censorship Of News Articles In The U.s... Especially Those That Come Over The Wire Services?

[Anwar]

It really is rare, but on occasion I see evidence of "unfavorable" articles from foreign sources being eliminated from the web..Is it feasible to eliminate net based material from getting into the U.S. ? Sometimes I read an post, a handful of hours later the post "dissapears"... I print these articles so I never doubt my own voracity..

[Scanlan]

In fact, the quick answer is "No."  There are as well a lot of methods for data to come into the country.  Phones, e mail, fax, ham radio... and if the US tries to censor an report, a newspaper will scream bloody murder.  The only way to censor the press a tiny is to censor it a lot. Significant newspapers, like the Washington Post or the New York Times(the type that in fact learn news rather than just reprint it from the wire services) will occasionally seek guidance from the government regarding quite sensitive news stories.  They?ll often delay(but not bury) news stories if they feel that printing it will put individuals in danger. As for the wire solutions, if anything it?s just the opposite.  There are numerous instances of photographers doctoring or staging pictures to generate an anti-US(or anti-Israel, a US ally) view of an occasion.  The government does not suppress these pictures.  If they?re withdrawn, it?s simply because somebody(typically a net internet site) notices the fakery. If you can cite some of the articles you?ve noticed withdrawn, we can investigate them.  It?s basically impossible for the government to suppress information after it?s out there just watch the way the record and movie firms have attempted and failed to suppress illegal copying.  Those articles could have contained falsehoods and were later retracted, or maybe there are other motives. "Information desires to be free," as they say, and there are just also many anti-US sources of data for me to think that the government has successfully repressed much of something.

[Luki]

PamPerdue said: 2 >I print those articles so I don't doubt my own voracity..Hungry for news? 73 months ago

[CarIes]

If this was true, Al-Jazeera web site wouldn't be accessible from the US - and I doubt if you find any article that is not critical of the US there.Test it yourself....http://english.aljazeera.net/

[Bennett]

>I print those articles so I don't doubt my own voracity..Hungry for news?

[Timeus]

Not really Actually, the short answer is "No."  There are too many ways for information to come into the country.  Phones, email, fax, ham radio... and if the US tries to censor an article, a newspaper will scream bloody murder.  The only way to censor the press a little is to censor it a lot. Major newspapers, like the Washington Post or the New York Times(the kind that actually discover news rather than just reprint it from the wire services) will occasionally seek guidance from the government concerning very sensitive news stories.  They?ll sometimes delay(but not bury) news stories if they think that printing it will put people in danger. As for the wire services, if anything it?s just the opposite.  There are several instances of photographers doctoring or staging photos to create an anti-US(or anti-Israel, a US ally) view of an event.  The government does not suppress these photos.  If they?re withdrawn, it?s because somebody(often a web site) notices the fakery. If you can cite some of the articles you?ve seen withdrawn, we can investigate them.  It?s essentially impossible for the government to suppress information once it?s out there; just watch the way the record and movie companies have tried and failed to suppress illegal copying.  Those articles may have contained falsehoods and were later retracted, or perhaps there are other reasons. "Information wants to be free," as they say, and there are just too many anti-US sources of information for me to believe that the government has successfully repressed much of anything. PamPerdue 73 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Baruch]

sweetMonkey said: 1 If this was true, Al-Jazeera web site wouldn't be accessible from the US - and I doubt if you find any article that is not critical of the US there.Test it yourself....http://english.aljazeera.net/ 73 months ago