Friday, March 03, 2006
Snark doesn't fit
Sorry, snark doesn't work for a newspaper editorial. It just makes the newspaper look unprofessional and, well, high schoolish. Interesting, considering the topic of the editorial.
Based on the Supreme Court's 1988 Hazelwood decision, high schools are allowed to censor their student publications. The attorney general argued the Hazelwood restrictions should extend to college students. Never mind that these college students were adults participating in activities at a public institution and were due all the rights that other adult citizens possess.
Those exact things could be said for high schoolers, but that didn't work in Hazelwood, so indeed, the court said "nevermind that." Is the Illinois paper in question independent from the university? The answer appears to be no. Sorry, dudes, you're not acting like adults when you piss off your funding source and then throw a fit when your funding source strikes back. (Whether it's legal is a different question from whether it's adultlike, and it's one I don't care to address, so don't go pointing to Southworth)
Anyway, The Daily Cal isn't exactly on the leading edge of provocative journalism, so I don't think it has anything to worry about.
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