Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup. That came from the US Coast Guard which is now an agency of Department of Homeland Security. So they can call you whatever they want, a threat to national security even, if you're a reporter trying to get into a spill area. It's awful. Phil Forrest On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:38:36 -0400 Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > You might want to read some of the latest government ordered > censorship of photojournalists trying to cover the BP oil spill. It > is chilling. > > Tina > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Chris Crawford > <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com > > wrote: > > > This has nothing to do with press freedom or Stalin or Hitler. Those > > dictators ORDERED an unfree press to delete people from photos. > > There is no such control over the press in the USA or the UK and if > > a publication alters > > a photo, its because THEY chose to, not because the government > > ordered it. > > > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > >