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Flynt justified free speech on moral grounds and warned of the dangers of censorship...
Perhaps most distressing, Hasan’s piece calls for censorship under the guise of “tolerance.” He implores the Harvard Foundation, the administration, and “every non-racist student organization” to denounce such events on campus, and suggests that Coulter ought not to have spoken here. It is the height of hypocrisy that “liberals” who love to appear as champions of toleration are often the first to sound the trumpet of censorship when speech hurts their collective feelings. She has been judged worthy to appear...
...recognize that personal exhortations of network executives do not constitute government censorship. The networks make their own decisions about what to carry and what to cut. But in times when “supporting your country” has a powerful emotional appeal, such self-censorship can be even more dangerous than explicit prohibitions. Our civil society thrives on free discussion and debate, and if newspapers and television networks truly wish to keep our country strong, they must continue to make available to the public whatever is newsworthy...
...administration has already taken some steps to avoid further propagation of bin Laden’s message at home: news programs and networks have been asked not to air the video of bin Laden’s preaching, and there have been rumors of heavy military surveillance (and eventually censorship) of coverage from the front. Although these strategies may ensure the success of the mental war at home by not further exposing the American public to the horrors of war, they seriously curtail the people’s right to freedom of information, something that we hold...
...announced it will provide the printed text of Osama bin Laden’s messages along with still frames for graphics. This seems like an intelligent act; it shares all the information with the public without unduly sensationalizing its subject. It does not fall prey to the self-censorship that other networks will employ, preferring to keep the American people in ignorance...