James Carville agrees with
my definition of censorship. From today's episode of
Crossfire:
CARVILLE: Yes, indeed.
OK. "Maybe the Republican Party should spend a fraction of its time checking the accuracy of Bush's remarks as they do reviewing the historical accuracy of the Reagan miniseries." Roy M. Stein, San Diego, California.
You know, CBS, they should have known what they were getting into.
CARLSON: Actually, CBS issued a statement today admitting that it was inaccurate. It's interesting.
CARVILLE: They said they're not running it or something.
CARLSON: It's on cable.
Julie Nolte of Monterey Park, California, writes, "When liberals shout Dr. Laura off television, it's called 'free speech.' When conservatives shout a leftist CBS smear campaign off TV, it's called 'censorship.' The left wing's double standard is as laughable as it is transparent."
CARVILLE: What censorship is, is transparent. People can shout anything they want. It's when the government does something that it constitutes censorship.
CARLSON: I agree with you.
CARVILLE: But I think they have every right, they don't want to, you know, Wal-Mart doesn't want to put "Playboy" in there. That's their own business. That's not censorship. That's just a company doing something. And I don't think the government had anything to do with this.
