War censorship

What is Censorship?
Censorship is the suppression of ideas and information that certain individuals, groups or government officials find objectionable or dangerous. (Hawthorne, 1997)

Why Use Censorship
Censors try to use the power of the state to impose their view of what is truthful and appropriate, or offensive and objectionable, on everyone else. Censors pressure public institutions, like the media, to suppress and remove from public access information they judge inappropriate or dangerous, so that no one else has the chance to read or view the material and make up their own minds about it. The censor wants to prejudge materials for everyone. (Hawthorne, 1997)
In regards to the war in Iraq, censorship may be used to misrepresent the real situation by censoring the reality to mislead people, sometimes to make foes look like friends.

Media Censorship in Iraq
Does the media have a hidden agenda?
Why do the media censor what it censors? There are many reasons for this, in an...