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Democracy Now Censorded on Sky Digital in UK at 16:39 GMT

Gazzaeuro | 23.11.2005 17:12 | Analysis | Culture | Indymedia

At 16:39 GMT Democracy Now censored by being faded down for appox four minutes.

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Today at 16:39 GMT Democracy Now was faded down for approximately four minutes while the programme was discussing a leaked memo in which President Bush allegedly discusses bombing the Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera at this stage I don't know if its because of the UK Official Secrets Act.

Gazzaeuro

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"Democracy Now" is streamed and available via the Internet

24.11.2005 00:26

You can watch today's program via streaming audio (dial up) or streaming video (broadband). Just go to:

 http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl?issue=20051123

and follow the onscreen instructions.

Copernicus


UK Issues Gag Order to the Daily Mirror

24.11.2005 12:12

From Portland IMC

The United Kingdom has used the Official Secrets Act to prevent UK newspaper the Daily Mirror from continuing to publish information regarding an alleged transcript of a conversation between Tony Blair and George W. Bush in which the President is said to have discussed taking military action against Arab television broadcaster Al-Jazeera.

Since the gag order was issued, no new information has been released regarding the transcript, as the British government has threatened all media organizations they would be breaking the law if details about the memo are released.

According to the Daily Mirror, during the course of the transcripted conversation, Prime Minister Blair talked Bush out of launching an military strike on Al-Jazeera's news offices in Qatar. The talked are alleged to have taken place on the 16th of April, 2004.

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Al Jazeera London Bureau Chief Responds to Report of British Memo Alleging Bush Wanted to Bomb Network HQ in Doha
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
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 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/23/152224

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more info about please

23.11.2005 17:56

are you saying you can get Democracy Now on satellite?
maybe other viewers could post on this one - could be just a fault on the original poster's equipment?

If it was live, the paranoid theory may apply - if it was prerecorded, censorship might be a more discreet cut.

Years ago when Michael Moore had TV Nation running on BBC 2 and a US network, he introduced a report (about Bush Snr) saying it was only showing in UK and the US net was rejecting it.

Bobby


Further at sf indymedia

25.11.2005 10:42

There is further information available at:

 http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1722414.php

It seems to have been taken from mainstream media at:

 http://www.egyptguide.net/News/showArticle.aspx?ArticleID=986

though.

fredrico
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