Government Censoring Health Information

U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks 'Abortion'

A U.S. government-funded medical information site that bills itself as the world's largest database on reproductive health has quietly begun to block searches on the word "abortion," concealing nearly 25,000 search results.

Never mind the censorship issue that this completely obliterates freedom of the press or information, how about that health issue?

You know, things like "Uterine Infections" or "Hemorrhaging" or other things that might be legit reasons for the health need of terminating a pregnancy.

Not giving someone the ability to choose with a full range of facts? Bad. Censoring health information that could endanger people's lives? Fucked up.

I have no fear for liberty so long as the press remains free

United States Ranked 36th In The World For Press Freedom

The United States is ranked 36th in the world in terms of press freedom, up from 48th last year, according to a report released Wednesday by Reporters Sans Frontieres.

The US is tied with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, South Africa, Spain, and Taiwan in the 36th spot."

Having a corporate filter on the media which censors out current events which displease them is not a free press. Having Fox act as a propaganda outlet for the government is also detrimental to a free press and on top of being illegal. When talking points are used from the government they must be labeled as such, not passed off as analysis by commentators. To do that is propagandizing.

There are six companies that own 90% of the media in the United States, meaning that there is no free market, nor free market of ideas within the press.

You can check out who owns what media on Who Owns What? Columbia Journalism Resources

"I have no fear for liberty so long as the press remains free." - Jefferson

Wikileaks: Publishing leaks of sensitive government and corporate data

Wikileaks

Wikileaks is a website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, or religious documents, while attempting to preserve the anonymity and untraceability of its contributors. Within one year of its December 2006 launch, its database had grown to more than 1.2 million documents.

Wang Dan, a leader of the Chinese democracy movement, was one of the most visible of the student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Wang Dan is on the Advisory Board of Wikileaks.


It was Jefferson who said "I have no fear for liberty, so long as the press remains free." Part of that is the protection of the whistle blower.