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 Read about Censorship at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Censorship and learn about Censorship here!
whitewash) are almost interchangeable terms that refer to particular acts or campaigns of censorship or omission which seek to "clean up" the portrayal of particular issues and facts which are already known, but which may conflict with a presented point of view.
Censorship does not attempt to cover up material made by an organization, but rather to restrict or abolish defined types of material produced by private citizens.
Censorship, unlike acts or policies of sanitization, refers to a publicly set standard, not a privately set (or government-enforced but unannounced) standard.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Censorship   (1346 words)

  
 TEXTBOOK REPRESSION: US TRAINING MANUALS DECLASSIFIED
The report, which Rep. Kennedy termed a "whitewash" and "hogwash," does not examine any systemic problem that might have led to "numerous and continuously changing personnel" over a ten-year period lacking a working knowledge of human rights.
With no mention of the propriety of the practices, a number of the manuals advocate controlling information through censorship as well as by spying on and infiltrating civilian groups.
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight did issue recommendations that "the Joint Staff should establish a policy to ensure that intelligence and counterintelligence training for foreign military personnel by Combatant Commands is consistent with US and DoD policy," and that training materials should go through proper channels for approval.
mediafilter.org /caq/caq61/CAQ61manual.html   (1346 words)

  
 The Ultimate Censorship - American History Information Guide and Reference
Sanitization (cleaning or decontamination) and whitewashing (from whitewash) are almost interchangeable terms that refer to particular acts or campaigns of censorship or omission which seek to "clean up" the portrayal of particular issues and facts which are already known, but which may conflict with a presented point of view.
Some thinkers understand censorship to include other attempts to suppress points of view or ideas such as negative propaganda, media manipulation, spin, disinformation or "free speech zones".
In a modern sense, censorship consists of any attempt to suppress information, points of view, or method of expression such as art, or profanity.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Censorship   (1323 words)

  
 National Groups Protest Soap Box Derby Censorship
However, we believe that these actions are unwise and give the appearance that the Derby is attempting to whitewash history.
However, Derby officials were apparently angered when they discovered that the book would include references to cheating by a number of contestants over the years as well as other possibly unflattering information.
One of the major purposes of the All-American Soap Box Derby is to demonstrate to young people the importance of "the spirit of competition." We urge the Derby to set an example for its contestants by demonstrating a tolerance for the competition of ideas.
www.ncac.org /issues/soapboxderbyletter.htm   (629 words)

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