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ClearChannel Plays It Safe

Posted by michael on from the this-is-it-boys-this-means-war dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Do they even listen to the songs? by Pseudonym · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Banning 99 Luftballons/Red Balloons? These people are banning songs they've never even listened to.

    You've heard the English version of the lyrics, right?

    It's all over and I'm standing pretty
    In this dust that was a city
    If I could find a souvenier
    Just to prove the world was here

    Of course, personally, in this time of warrior rhetoric, I think the song is more apt than ever.

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