They [La Prensa] accused us of suppressing freedom of expression. This was a lie and we could not let them publish it.
Nelba Blandon
Interior Ministry Director of Censorship, Nicaragua
The New York Times, 1984
I’ve been thinking about the press freedoms today. Earlier this evening I posted an article on Two Randalls about the Chinese government’s continued restrictions on foreign press in town for the Olympics. Much of this is to be expected - China’s an authoritarian regime notorious for stringent monitoring of the internet in an attempt to “maintain social harmony and stability.” Zebras don’t change their stripes overnight, right?
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