Word: censorship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democrats buy most of the books that have been banned somewhere. Republicans form censorship committees and read them as a group...
...DEMONSTRATORS who prevented the showing of Birth of a Nation Saturday night at Adams House erred seriously. By using physical intimidation to stop the presentation, they ironically aligned themselves briefly with other, repressive forces that use strong-arm tactics to prevent free expression. This arrogant censorship contradicts basic principles espoused by the demonstrators, and has no place at Harvard or in any free community...
...sounding moral arguments against the protesters who stopped an Adams House showing of Birth of a Nation Saturday night is an easy task, but not an especially fruitful one. These arguments depend upon appeals to moral absolutes--the right to free speech, the sanctity of art, the repressiveness of censorship...
Kiely said that many of the blacks felt strongly that the cancellation was "an insult to them as well as other members of the house," and that they did not want to be connected with "censorship...
...hell, Hager's remark underscored a dilemma for journalists. The agreement to play it cool was well intentioned. That most Boston newsmen cooperated in carrying it out doubtless helped authorities to maintain a degree of order in a potentially calamitous situation. But there is a danger in self-censorship. In its desire to avoid provocative excesses, the Boston press came perilously close to a kind of news management that can distort coverage just as surely as sensationalism. To dictate the tone of reportage even before the event occurs can create a group-think approach that is unhealthy for newsmen...