--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" 
> <shempmcgurk@> 
> > > wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > > > The last sentence above describes genuine censorship.
> > > > 
> > > > ...as opposed to what you stand for: discouraging the free 
> > > > dissemination of and free exchange of ideas...
> > > 
> > > I'm discouraging the dissemination without rebuttal
> > > on national television of documented falsehoods
> > > concerning the lead-up to 9/11.
> > 
> > Yes, that's precisely what you're doing.  I congratulate you for 
> > admitting it.
> 
> I'm not "admitting" it, I'm *asserting* it.
> 
> > Of course, "the dissemination without rebuttal on national 
> > television of documented falseoods concerning the lead-up to 9/11" 
> > is free speech and that is what you are discouraging.
> 
> The public airwaves are obligated to present
> both sides of a story, Shemp.

Well, not in a comercially sponsored drama, they aren't. The thing is, I 
suspect that ABC 
stepped over the line by  sponsoring the entire 5 hours all by themselves. That 
makes it 
their own political commentary, I believe. Will be interesting to see if 
someone brings a 
lawsuit along those lines.






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