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Re:Tanzania bans newspaper for 2 years by jlg23 on Saturday June 17, 2017 @04:12PM (#14577521)
No confusion

The first can mean all fruit is banned, because "fruit" is a mass noun and as such does not have a plural form.

The second clearly refers to one song, just like the headline refers to one newspaper.

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Re:Tanzania bans newspaper for 2 years by idle_processor on Saturday June 17, 2017 @04:59PM (#14577728)
"Song" can also refer to the act of singing, so the second one still read ambiguously to me.
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