June 2008
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
11h 35m
English
book
Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, First Edition
by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, Harry Lewis
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Chapter 8Bits in the Air
Old Metaphors, New Technologies, and Free Speech
Censoring the President
On July 17, 2006, U.S. President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were chatting at the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. The event was a photo opportunity, but the two leaders did not realize that a microphone was on. They were discussing what the UN might do to quell the conflict between Israel and militant forces in Lebanon. "See the irony is," said Bush, "what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over."
The cable network CNN carried the clip in full and posted it on the Web, but most broadcast stations bleeped out the expletive. They were aware of the fines, as much as $325,000, that ...
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