Comments on: Western Herald Website Censored? http://jonathanryan.org/2007/09/22/western-herald-website-censored/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Steve Z. http://jonathanryan.org/2007/09/22/western-herald-website-censored/#comment-1250 Steve Z. Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:52:11 +0000 http://jonathanryan.org/2007/09/22/western-herald-website-censored/#comment-1250 I love how the picture they used next to an article starting with "two Western Michigan University students" has Corrin clearly wearing an Eastern sweatshirt front and center. Seriously though, if the administration did censor the Herald's website that, as you pointed out, is the very height of hypocrisy. If you want your journalism program to have any credibility you cannot prevent the distribution of a factually correct story. The constitutional right to publish any non-libelous article was entrenched into American democracy in 1735 with the acquittal of John Peter Zenger. Keep posting on the situation and keep fighting the good fight on both fronts. 1735 is the correct year, the lawyers cited the unwritten British constitution. And what the hell did they build anyway? You can’t get much of a structure for $120,000. I love how the picture they used next to an article starting with “two Western Michigan University students” has Corrin clearly wearing an Eastern sweatshirt front and center. Seriously though, if the administration did censor the Herald’s website that, as you pointed out, is the very height of hypocrisy. If you want your journalism program to have any credibility you cannot prevent the distribution of a factually correct story. The constitutional right to publish any non-libelous article was entrenched into American democracy in 1735 with the acquittal of John Peter Zenger. Keep posting on the situation and keep fighting the good fight on both fronts.

1735 is the correct year, the lawyers cited the unwritten British constitution. And what the hell did they build anyway? You can’t get much of a structure for $120,000.

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