Censorship in action

[qatar]

Props to Nigel for pointing out a glorious example of Qatari self-censorship in action. Here, side by side, are a Reuters article and its redactions in the Gulf Times and Peninsula, with significant differences in red:

REUTERSGULF TIMESPENINSULA
A long-planned $3 billion bridge linking Bahrain and Qatar has been put on hold and the project team

Comments

Censorship?

[anonymous]

I don't see this as "Censorship", it looks like they don't want to publish the idea of "Political Tension" between Qatar and Bahrain in Qatari newspapers...

Re: Censorship?

[anonymous]

Censorship:
The practice of suppressing a text or part of a text that is considered objectionable according to certain standards.

www.medialit.org/reading_room/article565.html

Re: Censorship?

[anonymous]

What are you talking about? Obviously they don't want to publish that information, being that they didn't. Cuz they're self-censoring! The worst kind.

Re: Censorship?

[qatar]

What on earth is censorship, if not that?

Re: Censorship?

[anonymous]

lmao! Genius.

I posted this on QL Marjorie, hope you don't mind. http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1089850

-- tallg