-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 08:42 AM 12/19/97 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:

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South China Morning Post

December 19, 1997

Storm over block on Wei TV broadcast; White House red-faced after censorship admission

By Simon Beck

The Clinton administration was in the middle of a firestorm yesterday after officials admitted blocking a global broadcast of a Wei Jingsheng interview for fear of annoying China.

After winning praise for receiving Mr Wei in the White House last week, President Bill Clinton's officials were embarrassed to have to admit blocking the broadcast on the state-owned global network Worldnet.

Officials tried in vain to stop the government radio station, Voice of America (VOA), from broadcasting the interview, but succeeded in blocking it from Worldnet.

Both broadcasting arms are run by the official US Information Agency (USIA).

...And people still wonder why us "social Darwinists" oppose state ownership of "news" media. <sigh> I wonder if I should say "'your taxes' _or_ 'their contributions' at work." JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh. iQEPAwUBNJqXdTUhsGSn1j2pAQHeEQfQ4oMBYBxh5Ad5X8ICkDXj/llDBDts4ybD yHlO8bMQ2TMOY3qQ6UizQX0dMntVzoHZUGJ92Lo4bfrtcCwrpHsE7wqGozpTziqj 2BZH+N5pBiyMu8mdn2PayOLuYB5xdOPuasENgBGTk07nGrDivClbPE/YQpFBQ4BJ 9GzxzVC8xSzAwnd8rV59iqbaqpLnf5iaYxhEJzAwnI7JbkOwpTTAF4XtKi1SXfm2 otBQJCzwR49vqyFEfrvCPC3STRmqJfCpyiNn/jDrJKY30/yAd0OuiX7/4cBkcPbd N4d+QqjDUJhEHXHICOTkCjjkNDl9zOS9LcvYSu7ySYMQcw== =7hi3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----