[LINK] Censorship in action - US TV

[Michael Baczynski]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Howard Lowndes wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>
>  > This story is frightening.  If the powers in control are willing to wreck a
>  > daily morning 'news' show, they are really going too far. Imagine Brian
>  > Brown or Judy Davis being shut down on 60 Minutes if it was live for an
>  > Australian version.
>
>I think it has already happened here.  Didn't big Kerrie order a program
>be pulled on Ch 9 in mid-broadcast a few years ago?


Yep,

it was Australia's Naughiest Home Videos hosted by Doug Mulray - and 
reputedly taken of air after a sudden burst of less than pleasant 
language directly from the big man himself ...

And while there is an argument that "censorship is censorship", I 
though that all we had protected in Australia was political 
expression (as an implied right). Therefore, while Mulray incident 
might simply be considered bad taste or poor judgement (depending on 
the side you fall on), an occurrence similar to the one Jan forwarded 
might be much more of a worry ...

Cheers

M.



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