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Somerville News unfriended me on Facebook for challenging their status update

August 24, 2011 by Michael J. Epstein

UPDATE: Still no response re: unfriending, but hey, The Somerville News wrote a piece on Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. I have to wonder who runs the FB page… I find this whole thing puzzling and disappointing, but … Read More

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The Motion Sick: Unnecessary Censorship

February 2, 2008 by Michael J. Epstein

Censorship, particularly the bleeping of “bad” words and the blurring of “unsafe” images has always been fascinating to me. There’s something particularly compelling about the idea that it’s okay for a TV show to contain “f(beep) you,” but not the … Read More