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."

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is it possible

[Anonymous Coward]

is it possible to raise the karma of an account that has trolled before?

Slashdot censorship abounds

[Anonymous Coward]

What the hell is Slashdot squawking about? Maybe they should clean up their own house first. Almost every dissenting opinion on Slashdot is moderated down. Hemos, Malda, are you listening?

Re:Destroy Islam. Exterminate All Muslims.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:640WGST in Atlanta was making fun of the list..

[rm-r]

I thought it was a unisex name in any English-speaking country, it certainly is here in England and isn't Kim Stanley Robinson a bloke?

Re:List of songs

[Anonymous Coward]

You're still a karma whore. We just don't know who you are now.

Re:640WGST in Atlanta was making fun of the list..

[Anonymous Coward]

are you really that eager a cocksucker or are you just playing for the slashdot crowd?

Re:Radio

[TrollMan 5000]

This is exactly what the terrorists wanted. This is a fine example of how are normal daily lives are affected by their actions.