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Loose Lips Sink Ships

16 points by shayanbahal 7y ago

rayiner 7y ago
> The efforts of the Office of Censorship to balance the protection of sensitive war related information with the constitutional freedoms of the press is considered largely successful.[2] The agency's implementation of censorship was done primarily through a voluntary regulatory code that was willingly adopted by the press.[3] The phrase "loose lips sink ships" was popularized during World War II, which is a testament to the urgency Americans felt to protect information relating to the war effort.[3] Radio broadcasts, newspapers, and newsreels were the primary ways Americans received their information about World War II and therefore were the medium most affected by the Office of Censorship code.[4] The closure of the Office of Censorship in November 1945 corresponded with the ending of World War II. America is pretty great.
- Mirioron 7y ago
  The amazing thing for me here is that the office of censorship was closed and the freedoms people enjoyed beforehand were restored. This doesn't seem to happen that often.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
  The equivalent bureau during WW1 was noticeably less great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Public_Information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Public_Informatio...
- blotter_paper 7y ago
  > America is pretty great Yeah man, good thing we censored all of those photos from our ethnic concentration camps[0]. That was really cool, and totally related to keeping strategic information out of enemy hands. It certainly wasn't an attempt at controlling public sentiment. Go America! If we had such great censorship policies during the Vietnam war, it might have lasted a couple more decades; too bad the traitorous media was giving the public a relatively accurate view of the reality. [0]: https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-phot...
matthberg 7y ago
Changing the title to the Wikipedia page's title ("Office of Censorship") would be good and probably increase reading on this interesting subject.
cobbzilla 7y ago
I think it’s funny that the “Censorship Failures” section only includes instances where sensitive/classified info was published, and zero instances of improper/unconstitutional censorship. I suppose there weren’t any? /s

16 points by shayanbahal 7y ago

> The efforts of the Office of Censorship to balance the protection of sensitive war related information with the constitutional freedoms of the press is considered largely successful.[2] The agency's implementation of censorship was done primarily through a voluntary regulatory code that was willingly adopted by the press.[3] The phrase "loose lips sink ships" was popularized during World War II, which is a testament to the urgency Americans felt to protect information relating to the war effort.[3] Radio broadcasts, newspapers, and newsreels were the primary ways Americans received their information about World War II and therefore were the medium most affected by the Office of Censorship code.[4] The closure of the Office of Censorship in November 1945 corresponded with the ending of World War II. America is pretty great.

Mirioron 7y ago
The amazing thing for me here is that the office of censorship was closed and the freedoms people enjoyed beforehand were restored. This doesn't seem to happen that often.
9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
The equivalent bureau during WW1 was noticeably less great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Public_Information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Public_Informatio...
blotter_paper 7y ago
> America is pretty great Yeah man, good thing we censored all of those photos from our ethnic concentration camps[0]. That was really cool, and totally related to keeping strategic information out of enemy hands. It certainly wasn't an attempt at controlling public sentiment. Go America! If we had such great censorship policies during the Vietnam war, it might have lasted a couple more decades; too bad the traitorous media was giving the public a relatively accurate view of the reality. [0]: https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-phot...

matthberg 7y ago

Changing the title to the Wikipedia page's title ("Office of Censorship") would be good and probably increase reading on this interesting subject.

cobbzilla 7y ago

I think it’s funny that the “Censorship Failures” section only includes instances where sensitive/classified info was published, and zero instances of improper/unconstitutional censorship. I suppose there weren’t any? /s