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BlindTiresias

(1,563 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:10 AM Oct 2014

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Liberia places restriction on news coverage regarding Ebola

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/10/liberia-places-restrictions-ebola-coverage-2014103135954899709.html

Ostensibly this is for humanitarian purposes (concern for privacy of victims) but I am wondering if the government is beginning to lose control of the situation and is getting desperate to restrict info in the hopes of stabilizing things.

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Liberia places restriction on news coverage regarding Ebola (Original Post) BlindTiresias Oct 2014 OP

Just pretend it isn't happening. PeteSelman Oct 2014 #1

Beginning to lose control? That ship has sailed. cali Oct 2014 #2

Yeah, perhaps BlindTiresias Oct 2014 #3

Censorship is never a good idea dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #4

PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)

1. Just pretend it isn't happening.

Reply to BlindTiresias (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:31 AM

Oct 2014

It'll just go away.

cali

(114,904 posts)

2. Beginning to lose control? That ship has sailed.

Reply to BlindTiresias (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:36 AM

Oct 2014

BlindTiresias

(1,563 posts)

3. Yeah, perhaps

Reply to cali (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:39 AM

Oct 2014

I'm trying to frame it in a conservative manner so I don't get hounded by certain people.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

4. Censorship is never a good idea

Reply to BlindTiresias (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 08:15 AM

Oct 2014

and often backfires, as we know.

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