The Definition of Censorship

Yesterday on Talk of the Nation could be heard Christin (sp?) King a young female journalism student from LSU on duty in Iraq---a communications specialist of some sort. Because she is studying journalism (one would guess of the broadcast variety) she plucked a plum job on armed forces radio as the host of the mid-day show Country Convoy. A caller asks: do you play the Dixie Chicks? No, mostly as a matter of personal preference, but people don't want to hear them anyway. though she didn't say it, the implication was clear the preference of the disc jockey and her listeners was based on the band's criticsm of our monarch.

Though not to worry, she says in the sweetest way, she is not censored in any way. Tee-hee. Tee-hee. Gee, I wonder if she would object if they told her what she had to say and play?

I guess censorship isn't necessary when you toe the party line. For dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, it's only censorship if you disagree with the man.