Censorship is defined as “the
suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be
considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or
inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities or other
groups or institutions.” It is not a
practice I support.
It seems that there has been a recent case of censorship involving an
opinion piece Margaret Atwood wrote for the
National Post on August 21. Here’s
that piece which Atwood described as a “flighty little caper on hair”: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/hair-is-in-the-election-season-air-but-is-it-crucial-to-your-vote. (Note: This is the censored version!)
Shortly after the satirical op-ed was posted on the newspaper’s website,
it was removed and then re-posted but with sentences, which made reference to
Harper’s political donations and the Duffy cover-up, removed. The deleted statements about campaign
donations are “Why is Harper still coyly hiding the two-million-dollar donors
to his party leadership race? Don’t we have a right to know who put him in
there? Who’s he working for, them or us?” Also, after this statement (“Why is
he hiding what he knew about the Duffy cover-up, and when he knew it?) two
additional sentences were omitted: “He’s
given four mutually exclusive answers so far. Is there a hidden real answer?” Read this article which offers an interesting
perspective on what occurred: https://ricochet.media/en/557/margaret-atwood-vs-the-national-post.
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