WARNING CENSORED

This week one of the most powerful news tycoons met with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal about future investments in News Corp. Rupert Murdoch's office stated that the two parties might be seeking an "alliance" with each other.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alwaleed-meets-murdoch-to-discuss-alliances-2010-01-16

After reading the comments on this news story I have realized that this alliance may be able to give the middle east "better" news coverage because Prince Alwaleed might relate to the middle eastern market more than Murdoch does.

Speaking of the middle east, I found that Turkish law can censor the internet. Of course, human rights watchdog groups are calling for change because this limits people's access to information. After all, the internet is one of the loosest forms of news, giving it more independence and less of an agenda. Reuters has the full article here.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60H2WJ20100118?type=technologyNews

Picture from Reuters.



Another interesting censorship story comes from our friends down under in Australia. Southern Australia has banned pictures or posters promoting "R" rated movies. This ban would require movies rated "R" to exclude pictures on the DVD case. Only the title would be visible.



Censorship has always been a hot topic, but the line between freedom of the press and acceptable use of media is still blury. The power of censorship is immense if the censored news shapes a person's outlook on the world. Think about it.