Re: White House admits censoring Chinese dissident

[Jim Ray <jmr@shopmiami.com>]

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At 08:42 AM 12/19/97 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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>                            South China Morning Post
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>                               December 19, 1997
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>Storm over block on Wei TV broadcast; White House red-faced after
>censorship admission
>
>By Simon Beck
>
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>    The Clinton administration was in the middle of a firestorm yesterday
>after officials admitted blocking a global broadcast of a Wei Jingsheng
>interview for fear of annoying China.
>
>    After winning praise for receiving Mr Wei in the White House last week,
>President Bill Clinton's officials were embarrassed to have to admit
>blocking the broadcast on the state-owned global network Worldnet.
>
>    Officials tried in vain to stop the government radio station, Voice of
>America (VOA), from broadcasting the interview, but succeeded in blocking
>it from Worldnet.
>
>    Both broadcasting arms are run by the official US Information Agency
>(USIA).

...And people still wonder why us "social Darwinists" oppose
state ownership of "news" media. <sigh> I wonder if I should
say "'your taxes' _or_ 'their contributions' at work."
JMR

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