Freedom of the Press?
(Fox News) - An independent student-run newspaper at Colorado State University could be in serious financial trouble because of a four-word editorial in last Friday's edition.
The item in the Rocky Mountain Collegian read — "Taser this — blank Bush" — with the F-word spelled out in the paper.
The editor-in-chief says it was a comment on freedom of speech — recalling the Tasering of a student in Florida earlier in the week.
But the paper has lost at least $30,000 in advertising.
The school is prohibited from censoring the paper. But, the school's Board of Student Communications could suspend or fire the editor Tuesday night if it rules he violated the board's policy — which prohibits profane and vulgar words in opinion pieces.
The item in the Rocky Mountain Collegian read — "Taser this — blank Bush" — with the F-word spelled out in the paper.
The editor-in-chief says it was a comment on freedom of speech — recalling the Tasering of a student in Florida earlier in the week.
But the paper has lost at least $30,000 in advertising.
The school is prohibited from censoring the paper. But, the school's Board of Student Communications could suspend or fire the editor Tuesday night if it rules he violated the board's policy — which prohibits profane and vulgar words in opinion pieces.
posted by BP News Bureau | 9:57 AM
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