"They were just gathering dust..."
The Kalingrad library system is throwing out several hundred thousands of books about communism. Says library head Elena Alesandronets, "No one's had any interest in them since the Soviet Union collapsed."
[TT] Ananova via A-Librarians
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:15:42 PM
"To them this is really a new experience..."
Tourists visiting Hong Kong from mainland China are taking home banned books as souveniers.
[TT] Voice of America via Google News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
4:45:07 PM
This headline contains pre-decisional deliberative information
After a year of ignoring Freedom of Information Act requests, the Justice Department finally released KPMG's report on diversity in the agency. Citing a law that allows "pre-decisional deliberative information", the DOJ blacked out half of the report, including five of the six "the key findings of the study." As it turns out, however, a website publisher was able to remove the black bars, allowing the press to see the report unredacted.
[TT] Newsday & Washington Post via Romenesko
[TT] The Register via Google News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:00:41 AM
Isn't the Post a bastion of the liberal media?
The Washington Post refused to run a week's worth of Boondocks because of a storyline about Condoleezza Rice's love life. The Post's editor Leonard Downie said that Aaron McGruder had "violated our standards for taste, fairness and invasion of privacy." The Post's ombudsman Michael Getler responded that McGruder was "being mischievous and irreverent, in their mind's view of the world, about a high-profile public figure, and that seems okay to me."
[TT] Boston Globe via Romenesko
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:35:38 AM
George leaving Normal?
School board members in Normal, IL, heard arguments for and against Of Mice and Men being on the sophomore reading list after a student was offended by the book's racial slurs.
[TT] The Pantagraph via LISNews.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:45:00 PM
I am NOT a whore! I am a SLUT!
Today is a very exciting day for me, and not just because I've recently jumped on the Chicago Cubs bandwagon. I am now the Banned Bookslut columnist for Bookslut. Tee-hee!
[TT] Bookslut
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:00:38 AM
"If they do ban books, it's going to be a shame on Johnston..."
After a group of parents challenged the presence of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Chocolate War on the Johnston Senior High School ninth grade reading list, another parent gathered 140 signatures on a petition to prevent them from being taken out of the classroom.
[TT] Des Moines Register via LISNews.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:30:00 AM
