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Ban On Photographing Near Gulf Oil Booms
boombaard writes "The day before yesterday CNN's Anderson Cooper reported that, from now on, there is a new rule in effect, which de facto bars photographers from coming within 65 feet of any deployed boom or response vessel around Deepwater Horizon (official announcement). The rule, announced by the US Coast Guard, forbids 'photographers and reporters and anyone else from coming within 65 feet of any response vessel or booms out on the water or on beaches. In order to get closer, you have to get direct permission from the Coast Guard captain of the Port of New Orleans,' while 'violators could face a fine of $40,000 and Class D felony charges. What's even more extraordinary is that the Coast Guard tried to make the exclusion zone 300 feet, before scaling it back to 65 feet.'" Read below for the Coast Guard's statement on the new rule.
"The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of New Orleans has delegated authority to the Coast Guard Incident Commander in Houma to allow access to the safety zones placed around all Deepwater Horizon booming operations in Southeast Louisiana. The Coast Guard Incident Commander will ensure the safety of the members and equipment of the response before access is granted. The safety zone has been put in place to prevent vandalism to boom and to protect the members and equipment of the response effort by limiting access to, and through, deployed protective boom."
Hehe suckers...
ACTUAL SIZE!!!
As imperfect as FOX is, at least we have a voice that is opposite to the pro-"we need more government" crowd at ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, and CNN. Whenever I want to hear a story I listen to both FOX and DNCNBC. I figure the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
CNN compares this BP oil spill censorship to when George Duh Bush refused to let them document the Katrina flood & aftermath. Wow - talk about violating the law. - I'll be glad when we get this Bush dude out of office, and a new president in charge so we can have freedom of speech and the press again. Bring about some real Change we can believe in.
Oh. Wait.....
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0NyinwQ6A#t=1m40s
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Well if BP starts going-out and shooting pelicans in the head, rather than rescue them, that might be newsworthy. But thanks to this taking-away of freedom along the southern coast, we'll never know about it.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
P.S.
I find it amusing to see all these defenses of this restriction on freedom. If this was Bush, he's already be verbally tarred-and-feathered. I know because it's what happened back when he blocked the media from taking images of the post-Katrina floods. Ye ripped him to pieces.
So do ye think you could at least TRY to be unbiased? Just because we now have Obama instead of Bush doesn't make it okay. You said it was "wrong" when Bush did it - you should be saying the same thing now.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall