Nicole Brodeur has a column in today's Times entitled "Mistake or not, it's censorship." It deals with AT&T's mistaken "bleeping" of a portion of a Pearl Jam performance earlier this week in which he sang "George Bush, leave this world alone." "George Bush, find yourself another home." So yes, I agree, this is corporate censorship (apparently a mistake of overzealous screeners) and something that AT&T should apologize for. Whether we agree with Eddie Vedder or not he still has the right to his opinion and it's wrong for AT&T to decide who gets to hear it. However, AT&T censoring his words is not unconstitutional and this is where Brodeur has it wrong. She goes on to say

"But I think we're clear on the First Amendment, and the right it gives artists like Vedder to say what he feels without fear of being cut."

Nicole, the first amendement deals with GOVERNMENT'S control of speech and last time I checked AT&T is not the government. Better return to the 6th grade and study it a little more. Because, hey, it seems to me that your own rag censors news way more than AT&T and without apology.