| Curt Hagenlocher on Sat, 6 Oct 2001 14:47:45 +0200 (CEST) |
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| [Nettime-bold] The New Censorship, Part II |
"There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that; there never is." -- Ari Fleischer, on Bill Maher "There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that; there never is." -- official transcript of Fleischer's remarks -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1578000/1578619.stm Washington has asked Qatar to rein in the influential and editorially independent Arabic al-Jazeera television station, which gives airtime to anti-American opinions. The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Khalifa al-Thani, confirmed after a meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington that he had been asked to exert influence on the Qatari-based channel, which can be received almost worldwide. -- There are few places in the world where there is as much freedom of speech as in the US. True, it's not perfect. It's under constant attack. It's more accessible to those with money, particularly those with enough money to own their own media outlet. But, for the most part, it's there. Nice to see that US government is intent on exporting our values... -- Curt Hagenlocher curth@motek.com _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold