Re: Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.
I remember right after the war one of the US govt. idiot giving half-a$$ reason such as the network is transmitting secret messages to sleeper cells.LOL… Yeah its freedom alright if it serves your purpose if not showing coffins warpped in stars and stripes flying in by the hundreds is a big issue…
From WiKi…
Examples of censorship in the U.S. came shortly after the start of the invasion.[84] On Monday, 24 March 2003, two Al Jazeera reporters covering the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had their credentials revoked. The New York Stock Exchange banned Al Jazeera (as well as several other news organizations whose identities were not revealed) from its trading floor indefinitely. NYSE spokesman Ray Pellechia claimed “security reasons” and that the exchange had decided to give access only to networks that focus “on responsible business coverage”. He denied the revocation has anything to do with the network’s Iraq war coverage.[85][86] However, Robert Zito, the exchange’s executive vice president for communications, indicated that Al Jazeera’s graphic footage broadcast on Sunday, 22 March 2003, led him to oust Al Jazeera.[84] The move was quickly mirrored by NASDAQ stock market officials.[87] The NYSE ban was rescinded a few months later.[88] In addition, Akamai Technologies, a U.S. company whose founder was killed in 9/11, canceled a contract to provide web services for Al Jazeera’s English language website.[89][90]
Al Jazeera English’s former director, Wadah Khanfar resigned in September 2011 following Wikileaks documents that asserted that he had close ties to the U.S. and agreed to remove content if the United States objected.