COSTA RICAN TIMES
In many countries, writing the truth can get you thrown in prison, tortured, or killed. In America the powers that be have better methods: they marginalize you, or threaten you with lawsuits until you quit.
Censorship is usually subtle and personalized in the United States. The control of the hearts and minds of a people has been achieved through the internalization of cultural, commercial and patriotic propaganda. It isn’t just Fox News that hews the line. The media is designed, like everything else in this country, for consumption.
My first experience with blatant censorship occurred with the Chico Enterprise-Record. When I moved to town in the mid-90’s, I landed a contemplative and philosophical column in the local paper, the ‘E-R.’ There was one condition, which I should
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