158 songs banned by Clear Channel after 9/11, plus all by Rage Against the Machine
‘While the dust of the September 11 attacks still settled, the controversial media company Clear Channel sent out a list of more than 150 songs it deemed to be “lyrically questionable” to its network of 1,172 radio stations across the US.
Three days after the attack, the now-famous memo was emailed with 158 tunes – and all songs by Rage Against the Machine – which some of its program directors felt would be too sensitive to play in the aftermath of what is called the world’s deadliest “terrorist” attack.’
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