[IP] Censorship via loss of closed caption funding?
Wonder if witchcraft gets eiliminated by libary filters? djf
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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:36:09 -0500
From: BelievableAlibi@xxxxxxx
Subject: Censorship via loss of closed caption funding?
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Maybe for IP? I received this via Cory Doctorow's blog:
The five-secret-person Department of Education panel that allocates funding
for closed-captioning will no longer provide assitive tracks for the deaf
to shows that mention witchcraft, including Scooby Doo, Bewitched, and
Justice League.
[T]he result of this mysterious panel's deliberations was that the US
Department of Education was to declare over 200 TV programs (almost no
cartoons, except for things like Prince of Egypt. No more sports. Precious
little drama...) were now inappropriate for closed-caption funding...
28 million Americans are now being protected from Sabrina...
Link to list of programs disapproved:
http://www.nad.org/openhouse/action/alerts/captioningcensorship/list.html
Tammy Sahargun
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