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Just not for Fox News, or any other reporter not willing to sign a contract before interviewing her.

Angelina Jolie’s true colors came out Wednesday as she promoted a film about freedom of the press and then tried to censor all her interviews.

Jolie is touting press freedom these days, playing the widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in a new movie called “A Mighty Heart.”

But Jolie turns out to be a mighty hypocrite when it comes to her own freedom of the press. Her lawyer required all journalists to sign a contract before talking to her, and Jolie instructed publicists at first to ban FOX News from the red carpet of her premiere.

Isolated incident of liberal arrogance and childishness from a spoiled Hollywood star?  Think again.  Democrats in Florida have decided to base their decision on which radio station gets to do official emergency broadcasts based not on which station has the most listeners (thus reaching the maximum number of people in times of emergency) but rather on which stations do and don’t carry conservative shows like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.  Heck, national Democrat candidates running for the White House in 2008 boycotted a Fox News debate too, and Congressional Democrats are already pushing for the reinstitution of the fairness doctrine which would require radio and television stations to base their political programming not on what people actually want to see or hear but rather what the government defines as “fair” and “balanced.”

The Democrats talk about a free press and free speech until their blue in the face, but they aren’t about to tolerate free speech or a media that might question their political agenda.  And that’s pathetic.