ClearChannel Plays It Safe

mertzman writes: "Rather than wait for the government assaults on civil liberties to reach full steam, ClearChannel, one of the nation's largest radio networks, has decided to do some censorship on their own! According to F***edCompany, ClearChannel has created a list of banned songs with "questionable content" in light of the recent tragedies. Stuff ranging from Drowning Pool's "Bodies" to Nena's anti-war hit "99 Red Balloons" have made their list." ClearChannel owns many radio stations, so this probably affects you. Update: 09/18 18:30 GMT by M : The San Francisco Chronicle has more on this - ClearChannel says it isn't an official mandate, just some sort of internal memo circulating. Update: 09/18 23:18 PM GMT by T : Fuzzy points out that "snopes.com has an explanation of the ClearChannel hoax. ClearChannel has also sent out a press release saying they have released no such list."

Comments

far sighted

[Anonymous Coward]

I have followed their lead and no longer use the words "tuesday" or "imagine".

Re:choice does not = censorship.

[Stiletto]

What, it's only censorship if the government is doing it?

Amusing and Ironic

[DumbMarketingGuy]

That slashdot, bastion of free speech and scourge of censors everywhere, sees fit to refer to FUCKEDCOMPANY.COM as F***EDCOMPANY.COM.

Could this be because slashdot has been taken over by a bunch of F***ING A**HOLE WAN**R S**THEAD CENSORS ?

Yes, I think it could.

Thank you

Vendetta against rock and roll

[mickeyreznor]

Did anyone else no that there was NOT A SINGLE HIP-HOP SONG! Also there were VERY FEW pop songs. Call me paranoid, but I think this a direct attack on rock and roll. Does anyone else think we're slipping into the 50's, where rock and roll is now the scapegoat for anything that goes wrong in america?