PBS Feels FCC Chill On Censorship

Shadow Wrought writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting on PBS censoring one of its upcoming drama shows, Cop Shop, due to the chilling effect of the most recent FCC rulings on indecency. Star Richard Dreyfuss offered these choice words as part of a prepared statement, 'It is inescapably censorship under guidelines imposed after the fact by those who are in temporary political power, and so it should be treated as what it is -- a real-world moral and ethical battle with grimly wrongheaded, un-American types who play pick and choose when they define our freedoms of speech and religion as it fits their particular political needs.'"

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Re:Here we go ....

[tcopeland]

> modded down as flamebait!

Yup. 'Tis ironic indeed.

And my parent post is now "Overrated". In the immortal words of Bill the Cat, ack-pth.

please mode parent up Re:Temporary Power?

[spoonyfork]

How about an emergency plan to make sure that in case of attack, the elections continue as scheduled. That sounds like a stronger message to send.

someone please mod parent post up

Re:Where are the lies?

[NZheretic]

However, Hitchens would love to disagree with you and the propagandist Moore.

Hitchens states:
1) The Bin Laden family (if not exactly Osama himself) had a close if convoluted business relationship with the Bush family, through the Carlyle Group.

Fahrenheit 9/11 Notes + Sources:
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 : Bushs good friend James Bath was hired by the bin Laden family to manage their money in Texas and invest in businesses. And James Bath himself, in turn, invested in George W. Bush.

• See Notarized Trust Agreement, Harris County, Texas, signed by Salem M. Binladen, July 8, 1976 (original document), Attachment C (I, Salem M. Binladen, do hereby vest unto James Reynolds Bath, 2330 Bellefontaine, Houston, Texas, full and absolute authority to act on my behalf in all matters relating to the business and operation of Binladen-Houston offices in Houston, Texas. Notarized Trust Agreement, Harris County, Texas, July 8, 1976.

• See 1981 Schedule 4 spreadsheet showing $50,000 investment by James Bath in George W. Bushs Arbusto Exploration, Attachment D (original document).

• Baths business relationship with Salem bin Laden, and other wealthy Saudi businessmen, has been well documented. See, e.g., Mike Ward, Bin Laden Relatives Have Ties to Texas, Austin American-Statesman, November 9, 2001; Jerry Urban, Feds Investigate Entrepreneur Allegedly Tied to Saudis, Houston Chronicle, June 4, 1992; Thomas Petzinger Jr., et al., Family Ties: How Oil Firm Linked to a Son of Bush Won Bahrain Drilling Pact, The Wall Street Journal, December 6, 1991.

• [E]arly 1980s tax records reviewed by TIME show that Bath invested $50,000 in Bush's energy ventures and remained a stockholder until Bush sold his company to Harken in 1986. Jonathan Beaty, A Mysterious Mover of Money and Planes, Time Magazine, October 28, 1991.

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 : Bush ran Arbusto nearly into the ground, as he did every other company he was involved in until finally one of his companies was bought by Harken Energy and they gave him a seat on their board.

• Bush's name was to help rescue him, just as it had attracted investors and helped revive his flagging fortunes throughout his years in the dusty plains city of Midland. A big Dallas-based firm, Harken Oil and Gas, was looking to buy up troubled oil companies. After finding Spectrum, Harken's executives saw a bonus in their target's CEO, despite his spotty track record. By the end of September 1986, the deal was done. Harken assumed $ 3.1 million in debts and swapped $ 2.2 million of its stock for a company that was hemorrhaging money, though it had oil and gas reserves projected to produce $ 4 million in future net revenue. Harken, a firm that liked to attach itself to stars, had also acquired Bush, whom it used not as an operating manager but as a high-profile board member. It was one of the biggest breaks of Bush's life. Still, the Harken deal completed a disappointing reprise of what was becoming a familiar pattern. As an oilman, Bush always worked hard, winning a reputation as a straight-shooter and a good boss who was witty, warm and immensely likable. Even the investors who lost money in his ventures remained admirers, and some of them are now raising money for his presidential campaign. But the story of Bush's career in oil, which began following his graduation from Harvard Business School in the su

Re:MOD PARENT UP and die!

[proj_2501]

insightful? for using the word "sheeple"? come on, that's like using "M$" in a serious conversation.