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Clearchannel, which controlled most FM channels, infamously stopped playing John Lennon's "Imagine" after Sep 11 2001. So this is not new. In the absence of pop
by sn41 8y ago
Clearchannel, which controlled most FM channels, infamously stopped playing John Lennon's "Imagine" after Sep 11 2001. So this is not new. In the absence of popular govt. media and channels, this does form de facto censorship in the US.
The usual explanation I have heard is that free speech is limited to tge govt. not able to arrest you for criticising it. It does not apply to private parties.
I think de facto censorship by private monopolies must also be illegal for true freedom of speech.
- teh_klev 8y ago> Clearchannel, which controlled most FM channels, infamously stopped playing John Lennon's "Imagine" after Sep 11 2001 This snopes article provides some background about what happened there: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/radio-radio/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/radio-radio/
- dingaling 8y agoSo songs weren't banned, they were deemed inappropriate to play. Another example of Snopes proudly declaring FALSE when PARTIALLY TRUE would be more appropriate. Ah the modern Web, where even the 'fact-checkers' play the spin game.
- Max_Mustermann 8y ago"Radio personnel were still free to make their own programming decisions, and the list was merely intended as helpful advisory information." How does that make a "ban" partially true?