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Date: 13 Sep 89 15:41:19 GMT
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In article <14262@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>In article <649@tijc02.UUCP> pjs269@tijc02.UUCP (Paul Schmidt) writes:
>
>>As far as Universities go, this is NOT true.  The University
>>newspaper, although it is owned by the University, has no rights to
>>censor any articles, as current legal interpretations of the law
>>exist in the U.S.
[Stuff on High Schools deleted]

>  I can't believe this.  Are you saying that I can go to The Tech with
>an anti-semitic Nazi propaganda article (for example) and say to them,
>"You have to print this because current interpretationsof the law say
>that you have no right to censor any articles."

No, but the paper could print a Nazi propaganda article if they wished
to.
[Another Example deleted]

The paper can refuse to print your article. Yet, if the newspaper
decides to print an article the University can not stop it.  This includes
cutting off funding to the paper (there was an actual court decision on this,
but I can cite it).

>  Or are you saying that the *University* has no right to censor
>articles in the newspaper? 

That's correct.  The paper has its own management structure (Editors, etc.)
they can effectively 'censor' (not print) any article they wish.  The
University administration can not (I didn't interpert the law, some
court did).

Jim West
University of Delaware


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              never supported my views
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