Think of the Press as a Great Keyboard
on which the Government can Play.
Joseph Goebbels
The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests.
"They finally admitted it really was to keep the media out," said one FAA manager about the St. Louis County Police in a series of recorded telephone conversations obtained by The Associated Press.
You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
Don Henley
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