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Radio Censorship Debate Heats Up

Source: The Brock Press – By Nathan Heuvingh If you have heard enough Dire Straits or “Money for Nothing” wisecracks this past week to last you a lifetime, then you are likely not alone. However, the recent debacle between a concerned

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Censor Protesters Hope For New Ruling

Source: Toronto Sun – By Althia Raj, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA — Two radio stations, which flouted a censorship watchdog’s ruling and aired the unedited verison of a Dire Straits’ song repeatedly Friday, believe a complaint to the Canadian Broadcast Standards

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Activist: Censorship Leaves Rights in Dire Straits

Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca – By Michael Lightstone Decision to ban song over slur draws protests // The censoring of an anti-homosexual slur in an old rock song recently judged unsuitable for Canadian radio is the wrong way to deal with hurtful

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