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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

TV host's resignation sparks debate on self-censorship, media freedom (SETimes.com)

"TV host's resignation sparks debate on self-censorship, media freedom

27/07/2011

According to journalists, self-censorship may be a bigger problem than censorship.

Banu Guven, a 14-year news correspondent of NTV, resigned this month over what she views as excessive censorship -- and self-censorship -- in the Turkish media. Guven's announcement reverberated through the media world as she wrote on Twitter, 'There is no field left at NTV that will allow me to continue to do my job in the way I have until now. As a natural result, our roads have parted.' "

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