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From: manis@ubc-vision.CDN (Vincent Manis)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.misc,net.motss
Subject: Re: Corrupting youth: Conservative [sic.] Campus Tabloids
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 12:46:05 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 12:46:05 1984
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Summary: 

The whole business of "conservative" tabloids confuses me. One certainly has
to let them print what they want, so long as they aren't advocating
violence; on the other hand, they typically abuse the right of free speech.

I can't really see anything legally wrong with the account of Ms. Polenz'
activities (bearing in mind that the account may or may not be accurate).
Indeed, the names of club officials are a matter of public record, and if
the event was advertised as being open to the public, she certainly had a
right to be there.

The moral issues are more cloudy. Did she go to the meeting with an axe to
grind? Did she report the proceedings in a contemptuous or horrified tone?
Did she attempt, after taping the proceedings, to interview any of the
executive of the GSA or any of the attendees?  (She could, for example, have
identified herself to the association president and then requestepd an
interview after the meeting was over.)

I believe that you have to balance the rights of a journalist with
responsibilities, but then maybe I've watched too many episodes of "Lou
Grant".