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    • 10 Ratings
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    Conservative Political Correctness

    JANUARY 8, 2013 5:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, president obama, wall street journal, rupert murdoch, fox news, reality based communities, george w. bush, speech codes, college officials, liberals, totalitarianism, censorship, racial harassment, notre dame, kkk, right wing bubble, epistemic closure, right wing double standards, hypocrisy, traditions of civility, culture, minorities, freedom of speech, multi-culturalism, campaign finance, political correctness, conservative movement, bruce bartlett, george f will, conservatism, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 79 Ratings
    • 4020 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Is Freedom of Press under Attack in Montréal?

    MAY 23, 2012 8:27PM

    By FusunA


    Topics: corruption, police brutality, censorship, charest government, ethics, freedom of speech, montreal, quebec, student riots, open call, bill 78

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1391 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    The Associated Press Says, 'Sorry'

    MAY 7, 2012 7:59AM

    By Boanerges1


    Topics: censorship, politics, wartime, reporters, ed kennedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 3652 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Legalized Murder

    MARCH 24, 2012 7:20AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: legislation, law, gun laws, foul language, offensive language, bleeping, censorship, censoring, road rage, papers please, trayvon martin, trayvon, make my day, stand your ground, nra, guns, shooting, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2998 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Online Piracy’s Cure is Worse Than the Curse

    JANUARY 18, 2012 11:45AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, economics, sopa protest, legislation, sopa, stop online piracy act, protect ip act, pipa, wikipedia protest, web shutdown, online piracy, music industry, film industry, publishing, electronic freedom, censorship, homeland security, congress, illegal downloading, content providers, creatives, protecting creative jobs, intellectual property

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 3478 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    On the Second Anniversary of Neda: Iran Not Yet Free

    JUNE 20, 2011 7:34AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: human rights, censorship, citizen journalism, new neda video, martyrdom, icon, tehran, iran, neda video, neda agha-soltan, her name was neda, neda, news, journalism, politics, one year anniversary iran election, one year anniversary neda, for neda, youtube, facebook, video journalism, iran post-election protests, arash hejazi, press tv, mahmoud ahmadinejad, neda conspiracy theories, death of neda, green revolution, iran revolution, cellphone video iran, viral video

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 922 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Pen versus Sword

    MAY 17, 2011 12:27AM

    By Dr. Vanessa Neumann


    Topics: politics, censorship, journalists, violence, latin america, exper opinion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 900 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    $*©# Censorship

    APRIL 25, 2011 1:10AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: censorship, bible, sex, violence, atheism, religion, cartoon saturday

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 3235 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Of fig leaves and "n-words"

    JANUARY 5, 2011 3:39PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: censorship, mark twain, huckleberry finn, nordwand, gone with the wind

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2058 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    You Can't Take the NWORD out of the Huckleberry

    JANUARY 5, 2011 1:15AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: huckleberry finn, nword, twain scholar, censorship, books, writers, writing, novelist, novels, scribes, publishing, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 904 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    ban the book

    DECEMBER 8, 2010 10:40PM

    By Erin Judge


    Topics: humanities, donatello, michaelangelo, david, plano isd, pisd, plano, humanities, censorship, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 4575 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Amazon.com Finally Removes 'Pedophilia Guide'

    NOVEMBER 11, 2010 10:15AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: amazon, censorship, kindle, children, security, business, ebook, public reaction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 5681 Views
    • 103 Comments
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    Most Profanity Is Just a Sign of Laziness

    NOVEMBER 10, 2010 4:00PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: writing, censorship, open call, television, tv, profanity, language

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2326 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Fear and A Resolution to Ban 'Pro-Islam' Books

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 10:20AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: books, islam, schools, christianity, religion, ban, tolerance, censorship

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3244 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    100 Days Since BP Disaster: What People in Gulf Are Saying

    JULY 30, 2010 11:04AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: 100 days, bp, oil disaster, gulf oil spill, gulf oil leak, tony hayward, barack obama, president obama, obama administration, new orleans, gulf of mexico, alabama, mississippi, gulf coast, fish, seafood, katrina, hurricane, activism, organizing, politics, news, oil, coast guard, media, press, censorship, science, wildlife, marine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 12624 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    How the Neda Video Came to the World

    JUNE 17, 2010 7:47AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: viral video, cellphone video iran, iran revolution, green revolution, death of neda, neda conspiracy theories, mahmoud ahmadinejad, press tv, arash hejazi, iran post-election protests, video journalism, facebook, youtube, for neda, one year anniversary neda, one year anniversary iran election, politics, journalism, news, neda, her name was neda, neda agha-soltan, neda video, iran, tehran, icon, martyrdom, new neda video, citizen journalism, censorship, human rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2820 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Anat Kam case: Truth vs. power

    APRIL 8, 2010 9:09AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: censorship, middle east, netanyahu, gaza, palestine, israel, anat kam

    • Editor's Pick
    • 58 Ratings
    • 6180 Views
    • 125 Comments
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    Book Banning is Alive and Well in Oklahoma - UPDATED!

    JANUARY 27, 2010 3:03PM

    By Julie Tarp


    Topics: religious freedom, thomas jefferson, censorship, oklahoma state capital, poteau, stigler, leflore county, ten commandement monument, haskell county, tulsa, trading guns for pecan trees, gay rights, same-sex marriage, what the hell is wrong with these people, marc brown, buster's sugartime, oklahoma, book banning, board decision, decision

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3745 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Wimpy Kid Books: Are They Turning Our Kids into Terrors?

    NOVEMBER 2, 2009 11:03AM

    By Karin Greenberg


    Topics: books, censorship, children, reading

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1240 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Goblins and Ghosts and ... Stories, Oh My?

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 12:49AM

    By shebasilisk


    Topics: scary stories, fear, ghosts, stephen gould, witchcraft, folklore, paranormal, ghost stories, alvin schwartz, banned books week, challenged books, censorship, reading, books

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