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AT&T blocks Pearl Jam's Bush slam

By Farhad Manjoo

Eddie Vedder sang "George Bush, leave this world alone" -- but AT&T cut the lyric from its webcast. By mistake, it says.

Farhad Manjoo is a Salon staff writer covering technology and tech culture. He lives in San Francisco.

Farhad’s new book, “True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society,” examines propaganda on the Web, cable news and talk radio.

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