HERE’S THE STORY of how one of SpinSanity’s founders was encouraged to leave his union job for criticizing an article in The Nation by Robert Borosage. Excerpt:

Would Keefer feel free to criticize Wellstone’s political rhetoric? Yes, Keefer answered. Well, that’s a problem, Anderson replied, because that would be a fireable offense. “By that logic,” Keefer complained, “I can’t criticize most or all of the political left.” According to Keefer, Anderson answered, “Yes, that’s true.”

I’m sure that Michael Moore will be all over this example of post-9/11 censorship in America.