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A blackout ordered by the government, huh. Quite an allegation. But don't forget to consider that rather than the American media, not a small bunch to corral e
by d0ugie 13y ago
A blackout ordered by the government, huh. Quite an allegation.
But don't forget to consider that rather than the American media, not a small bunch to corral easily, conspiring at the government's request not to report on something "juicy," that the media may have simply had things to cover that they felt were juicier or were perhaps spooked by the incendiary nature of the interview and engaged in self-censorship. And that it's possible American media has a different take on what's juicy and what's become old news versus foreign media.
Also consider that with the Internet it's not easy anymore to effectively create a media blackout over something not much worse than what's already been revealed by the media without repercussions. Plenty of hungry journalists looking to make a heroic name for themselves by defying such an order in the name of freedom.
Maybe it's true, but it's also pretty far-fetched, don't immediately presume it's true.
- rtpg 13y agoThe comment on the copyright stuff also seems to be in play. If MSNBC could play some good snippets I feel like they would. There might be some wariness to playing other network's interviews. If I were Snowden I'd try giving an interview to an American network. Though he would actually get some real interview questions(the german interview is only softballs), and would have to defend his position. But I'm sure any news network would love to get that.
- foobarqux 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdSgLmez5Q&t=33m31s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdSgLmez5Q&t=33m31s