Censorship via loss of closed caption funding?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Wonder if witchcraft gets eiliminated by libary filters? djf


Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:36:09 -0500
From: BelievableAlibi () aol com
Subject: Censorship via loss of closed caption funding?
To: dave () farber net

Maybe for IP?  I received this via Cory Doctorow's blog:

The five-secret-person Department of Education panel that allocates funding 
for closed-captioning will no longer provide assitive tracks for the deaf 
to shows that mention witchcraft, including Scooby Doo, Bewitched, and 
Justice League.

[T]he result of this mysterious panel's deliberations was that the US 
Department of Education was to declare over 200 TV programs (almost no 
cartoons, except for things like Prince of Egypt. No more sports. Precious 
little drama...) were now inappropriate for closed-caption funding...
28 million Americans are now being protected from Sabrina...

Link to list of programs disapproved:
http://www.nad.org/openhouse/action/alerts/captioningcensorship/list.html

Tammy Sahargun 

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