NYT:At U.S. Request, Networks Agree to Edit Future bin Laden Tapes

[David Honig]

At 08:27 PM 10/10/01 -0700, Xeni Jardin wrote:
>One network, ABC, said it would limit the use of moving images from tapes
>released by Mr. Bin Laden or Al Qaeda, mostly relying on a still picture
from a
>frame of the tape and the printed text of whatever message was being
delivered.
>

Right, so the placement of his gun/color of his turban/beard/etc.
are not potential out of band channels.

Is the US going to shoot down the Al Jazeera relay satellite? 
(What will CNN do?) Maybe our maps will be off, like that chinese problem
in FRY.

Better to apologize than to ask permission.