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mistapoole | 13:29 Mon 10th May 2004 | News
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Why are song lyrics censored on the radio but the news isn't?
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Avatar Image rja211077
is this a joke? what do you mean the news isn't censored? they don't swear on the news, right? 'obscene' song lyrics are deleted from radio play, whereas they just don't put obscene material in news broadcasts in the first place. i don't get your point.
14:19 Mon 10th May 2004
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Song lyrics can be seen as a deliberate attempt to shock or offend listeners who are not within the composers' audience demographic. The news however is of public interest, and any 'offensive' material is viewed in the conext of delivery of the issue in a balanced and objective manner. That's why one gets censored, and the other doesn't.
14:36 Mon 10th May 2004
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besides the news is censored!
13:00 Tue 11th May 2004

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