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- 211: Compare The Ways In Which Ferg
- ... things in the article Baghdad under Fire due to the fact that the general atmosphere was such that any criticism of British or American forces was not seen to be acceptable and there was some censorship of the news by the ministry of defence. Fergal Keane s article was written much later in and it was broadcast on Radio 4 as part of the foreign correspondent programme. During the time that ...
- 212: A Breif History Of Comics
- ... the 1950's, the industries income was estimated at $150 million, and combined circulation achieved 90 million. The criticism of these comic also reached a height at about the same time. Much as the television censorship of today, comics then were considered a bad influence on children. Parents and educators were concerned about the content. This issue was taken so far, that the Canadian Parliament outlawed crime in comics in 1949 ...
- 213: Behind The Scenes
- ... s founders meant to include when they wrote that there shall be no law abridging the freedom of speech or press. Today the U. S. Supreme Court blindly inches its way across the tightrope of censorship. Laws prohibiting obscenity and indecency have been successfully incorporated and public sentiment has historically served to curtail the over-zealous journalist. However the moral fiber of society has degenerated from its once prim and proper ...
- 214: Emperor Claudius
- ... the reign. The vilification of Claudius in the aristocratic tradition also bespeaks a deep bitterness and indicates that, ultimately, Claudius\\'s relationship with the Senate showed little improvement over time. His reviving and holding the censorship in 47-48 is typical of the way the relationship between Senate and emperor misfired: Claudius, no doubt, thought he was adhering to ancient tradition, but the emperor-censor only succeeded in eliciting odium from ...
- 215: Communism
- ... production was controlled by the government. Lenin's government made many achievements. It ended a long civil war against the remnants of the old Tsarist military system and established institutions in government. During this period, censorship and the subordination of interest groups such as trade unions was imposed to stop dissension and increase conformity to the new government policies. After Lenin's death in 1924, Joseph Stalin quickly gained control of ...
- 216: Egyptain Foreign Policy In Reg
- ... the Arab world was matched by his increasing remoteness from the mass of Egyptians. While Sadat's critics in the Arab world remained beyond his reach, increasingly he reacted to criticism at home by expanding censorship and jailing his opponents. In addition, Sadat subjected the Egyptians to a series of referenda on his actions and proposals that he invariably won by more than 99 percent of the vote. For example, in ...
- 217: Imperial Telecommunications
- ... the signal from France to Senegal went dead. The British claimed it was a mechanical failure, but now the French realized exactly how necessary a cable network was (116). Another such incident was the extensive censorship of messages during the Boer War. The British forbid all secret code messages south of Aden and re-routed all other messages through the London Central Telegraph Office to approve each one (114). Now the ...
- 218: Human Rights In Yugoslavia (98
- ... system of roads extends from Belgrade, the capital. Roads in the rest of the country, especially in Montenegro, are less developed. There are airports in Belgrade, Nis, Podgorica, Pristina, and Tivat. Communication media have faced censorship in Serbia since 1989, when Slobodan Milosevic became president. Milosevic put two of Serbia's leading newspapers, Politika and Politika ekspres, under government control. Other major newspapers include Vecernje novosti and Sport of Belgrade, Dnevnik ...
- 219: Hong Kong Transferring Hands
- ... While it is a surprise to no one that the Chinese media is state controlled, it was somewhat a shock when they started limiting access to the press in Hong Kong. While this self-imposed censorship is proscribed to by most businesses, those who do speak their mind are subject to recrimination for speaking out against the Chinese government. For examples, in 1994 when Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, owner of the ...
- 220: Galileo
- ... Chief World Systems. When the dialogue was finally published in 1630, news arrived to Galileo from an old friend that the current pope, who thought very highly of GalileoΉs work and theories, said that censorship of the Copernican doctrine was never fully possible and therefore should never have ever been attempted. Before the Pope reversed the earlier action, he held a four day conference with Galileo. In a brief summary ...
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