[IMC-Editorial] is this premature? CNN censorship post?

[Mr. Yak Milk]

Walt,
Many of us have replicated this two nights in a row now.
Some of us have even chatted privately with some of the
censors directly. (censor is not their only role. They are channel
operators and their hands are pretty tied as to what they can
and cannot allow people to say and do in there.)
  The funniest thing I found while discussing all this with one 
of the channel operators was he tried to type the word "fox" to
show me what word I had most recently been censored from.
  And it wouldn't even allow him to type the word. 

Indymedia and fox are not allowed whereas cnn abc nbc and cbs are.



It went like so:   (I've taken his name and my name out for personal
security, since I hadn't asked him if he minded me printing this here)


[01:47] <channel op> no, i've no idea what word it is, or why it's blocked
[01:47] <channel op> i don't control the filter
ok. do you know some of the words that it filters at least?
does anyone ever change them or something? 
is it maybe the word censor?
[01:48] <channel op> no, all i know is words are added and removed by others. they don't consult with me about it :)
 Or don't tell me they won't let any of us say "fox," I mean c'mon. I hate shephard "I beat women for a hobby" smith as much as the next guy, but I should be allowed to say desert fox, or winona ryder's a fox, if not 
"I saw alanis on fox," shouldn't I?
[01:50] <channel op> again, i don't set policy, or control what's in the filter
[01:51] <channel op> yes, i think it is
[01:51] <channel op> foxx
 because of the other network maybe? I think someone said abc tonite or something.
 yikes. weird.
[01:53] <channel op> it's the 3 letter word starting with the letter between E & G
 you mean even you're not allowed to say it?
[01:53] <channel op> apparently not
 aye yay yay
[01:54] <channel op> life in irc
[01:56] <channel op> :)
[01:56] <channel op> i have problems with the filter too
[01:58] <.> I noticed when you tried to type something about a furry animal with short legs and a long tale :)
[02:00] <channel op> i did that to check my status window to see if i got the word not permitted message, i did

10/27/2001 5:14:16 AM, "walt stawicki" <anarch3m at lycos.com> wrote:

>http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=8273&group=webcast
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>I'm not sure where this issue went?  some factuality  but no clue the reason?  sounds a bunch of you did find 'irregularities' so I'm wondering as a Seattle ed/admin and street cleaner...
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>Was it u chuckie, some line about set up for copyright pinch, that word 'setup' as in before 'knockdown'
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