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Administration Tops Jefferson Muzzle Awards List

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· Story link The Bush Administration topped the list of those receiving the annual “Muzzle” award from the Thomas Jefferson…

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The Bush Administration topped the list of those receiving the annual “Muzzle” award from the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. It was selected for its ”efforts to discourage, modify and sometimes censor government scientists’ reports and studies to be more in line with the administration’s political policies, notably on global warming.” The Defense Department and the Federal Communications Commission also made the top ten. (4/10/07)

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