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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on December 24, 2006, 03:05:42 am

Title: Is Bush censoring the New York Times?
Post by: Kosh on December 24, 2006, 03:05:42 am
http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6145778.html
Title: Re: Is Bush censoring the New York Times?
Post by: Roanoke on December 24, 2006, 06:24:01 am
on a similar note, I've been thinking would the BBC have recieved a more favourable licence agreement if they had supported the govenment on the whole Iraq "issue" ?
Title: Re: Is Bush censoring the New York Times?
Post by: Maxwell on December 24, 2006, 07:52:55 am
Former employees of many companies are not at liberty to disclose secrets to the money making operation by contract. Violating these kinds of agreements can cause you a world of trouble.
Seems like the government is only asking the same.

In this case the secret sauce would be confidential stuff about the administrations inner workings.
Title: Re: Is Bush censoring the New York Times?
Post by: Centrixo on December 24, 2006, 09:17:40 am
what a pratt(bush).
Title: Re: Is Bush censoring the New York Times?
Post by: karajorma on December 24, 2006, 11:03:53 am
Former employees of many companies are not at liberty to disclose secrets to the money making operation by contract. Violating these kinds of agreements can cause you a world of trouble.
Seems like the government is only asking the same.

In this case the secret sauce would be confidential stuff about the administrations inner workings.

I might buy that if it weren't for the fact the CIA say that there is nothing wrong with the article before the editing. So it's probably not a case of the secret sauce being given away so much as the fact that someone noticed a few employees spitting in it.
Title: Re: Is Bush censoring the New York Times?
Post by: Rictor on December 24, 2006, 01:22:28 pm
Former employees of many companies are not at liberty to disclose secrets to the money making operation by contract. Violating these kinds of agreements can cause you a world of trouble.
Seems like the government is only asking the same.

In this case the secret sauce would be confidential stuff about the administrations inner workings.

Yeah, but you can't compare Pepsi to the US government. A corporation is accountable to no one but its stockholders while a government is accountable to the people. Furthermore, disclosing or not disclosing information about the workings of a corporation may result in some financial gain or loss while the actions of governments can result in lives lost, economies ruined - they hold the well-being of many nations in their hands.

Not to mention that all the redacted crap was from public speeches and statements.
Title: Re: Is Bush censoring the New York Times?
Post by: Centrixo on December 24, 2006, 01:33:12 pm
pepsi and governement. why compare.

one is a sugar free coke clone creation, and the zero coke and diet coke are clones of pepsi healthy fizzy drinks, in any case they rot your teeth.

the goverment: they are full of:- crazy pyschopaths, lunes, retards, jerks, monkeys, bashers, killers, opera singers, who have nothing better to do then get rich off your money, after all aren't incompetent people supposed to be highly paid?.

anyway.. isnt the usa supposed to be about freedom of speech?