Obama Administration, BP Win Muzzle Awards

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By: David L. Hudson Jr. | firstamendmentcenter.org

Oil giant BP and the Obama administration were among the winners of the 20th Annual Jefferson Muzzle awards, a dubious distinction bestowed today by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression to spotlight the worst censors of the previous year.

BP and the federal government appeared on the list for their roles in restricting news media access to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Obama administration joins every other presidency over the past 20 years as a Muzzle winner, said Robert O'Neil, the center's director. "No administration has passed unscathed over this time period."

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