IRAQ

Washington Post: U.S. Taps Media Chief for Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug. 18 -- U.S. authorities have appointed a media commissioner to govern broadcasters and the press, establish training programs for journalists and plan for the establishment of a state-run radio and television network -- part of an effort to regulate Iraq's burgeoning news media while dodging allegations of heavy-handed control.

In June, L. Paul Bremer, the civil administrator in Iraq, issued guidelines for all media outlets here, forbidding them from inciting violence, promoting "ethnic and religious hatred" or circulating false information "calculated to promote opposition" to the occupation authority.

Occasionally, U.S. soldiers have raided newspaper offices deemed to be in breach of the regulations, and they have closed at least two newspapers and one radio station. But the delicacy of sending heavily armed troops to enforce media rules has prompted the occupation officials to look for other ways to exercise their power to censor.

"Regulierung und Zensur bedeuten in diesem Fall das gleiche.
"circulating false information "calculated to promote opposition" to the occupation authority" wieso verbietet man das FOX NEWS oder CNN nicht, denn genau das senden die, in umgekehrter Richtung, den ganzen Tag"