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I think this is one of those cases where the presentation of statistics is skewed. I found myself hollering at the TV a few times after 9/11 specifically. During one news broadcast, they showed a lab in a county in Michigan, noted that it was THE ONLY LAB THAT MAKES THE ANTHRAX VACCINE in the whole country. I questioned the logic of making that public knowledge and showing the place on TV. It seemed to me like a terror attack waiting to happen. Gee, there's an Anthrax scare and there's only one lab that can help, and their vaccines were bad, according to the one report. That seemed like they were giving ammunition to someone who wanted to use Anthrax in a bioterroristic attack. Geraldo giving away a division's exact location during the initial phase of the Iraq war wasn't a bright thing to do.
While I believe in freedom of the press, there are things that shouldn't be broadcast and they need to be smart about it to avoid an official policy of censorship in the future. Therefore, I could see where some people would say "yes, there needs to be some censorship".
Dee
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