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The list of the governments that have persecuted journalists

The Washington Post hails those reporters who face grave danger from the Taliban and the governments of Cuba, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the U.S.
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  • Friday, November 21, 2008 07:27 AM

    talking about censorship

    I remember reading a tiny news article in my local paper a couple years ago. A man in New York was being sent to prison. His crime? He hooked up a satelite dish to receive a middle eastern news channel, that is illegal to receive in the United States. The Bush admin. has banned the reception of this news channel, because of its "pro-terrorists" agenda. It wasn't Al-jazeera, but I can't recall the name of it. It made me wonder a couple of things. One, why is it illegal to receive a news channel? Two, why isn't this in a bigger story and more prominently placed in the paper. Aren't Americans supposed to have freedom of speech? Freedom to read or hear what ever we want? Putting a man in prison for hooking up a satelite dish? Seems our "free press" should be championing for the right of Americans, to choose to hear what ever "press" they desire. Well that's what would happen, if we actually had a "free press" in this country.

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