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Concern Grows Over Media 'Censorship'
Monday, October 15, 2001
By Jessica Hodgson / The Guardian

"In a bizarre and unprecedented move, the five major networks -- CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News Channel -- have rolled over and acquiesced to the call for censorship from the US president's security adviser Condoleezza Rice."

An international pressure group for media freedom has expressed concern about government attempts to stop broadcasters from showing clips of Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida terrorist network.

The move comes as Downing Street yesterday summoned the heads of Britain's broadcasters to an urgent meeting to discuss the security implications of their war coverage.

Reporters Sans Frontieres has written to the US secretary of state, Colin Powell, to express its concern about comments made about the Arab TV channel al-Jazeera, which first broadcast the message from Bin Laden following the air strikes on Afghanistan.
(More: The Guardian News Source)
2001 © Guardian Newspapers Limited.

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