censorship - how much of an evil is it?

Back in Dili now, I initially rejoiced because the day I started work Mari Alkatiri resigned from his post ---- and people were happy. But then yesterday, troubles began again after he met his supporters in Hera (east of Dili city) and made more incendiary remarks about east versus west. The foreign troops are trying to keep the big groups of protestors apart, and keeping the easterners out of the city parked in Hera.

But right after Mari's remarks on TV, like 5 minutes after, the stoning and burning began again. Once again, the westerners in Dili are targetting their eastern neighbours.

I keep hearing news from outside. Like the handful of journalists from RTTL attacked this morning as people think they are Mari supporters for putting out the news. It makes me wonder if sometimes censorship to some extent is necessary. Instead of broadcasting his speech in his entirety, could they not have paraphrased what he said and perhaps lessen its inflammatory impact? It doesn't help that the politicians here shoot themselves in the foot all the time with their words, and now there's also the media simply publishes everything under the sky.

When do we draw the line how much 'news' we report?