Word: frees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that bad. There is, after all, a certain logic to the free market that assures the best possible... That's exactly the point. Because it does not make ethical judgments, the market cannot be counted on to encourage socially desirable decisions...
...advertisements, we cannot begin to call for--or offer--free speech because we do not offer equal access; only those who have money can afford to use our advertisement pages as a medium. And, to compound this inequity, we, as the producers of our advertising, attempt to charge the highest prices possible in order to bring in the 'best' revenue--profits that reflect our own self-interest. Clearly, advertising cannot be included in the ideological notion of a "free press...
...Crimson's business department is run separately from its newsgathering operation for a reason. Reporters are free to investigate stories, even if that scares off a substantial ad account. And conversely, advertisements are often run even though they contradict our editorial stance; for example, despite more than a decade of editorials in favor of Harvard's support staff union organizing, we have continued to publish the administration's ads in opposition to this drive...
...Crimson staff is able to debate whether you see this ad in the paper simply because we own a press. Speech is not free--only some have access to a press. That is why this paper's responsibility to its readers must transcend the editors' sentiments on this issue...
Advertising speech is not "free"--ads cost money and not every group can afford them. In that respect, all newspapers are complicitous by allowing their space to be filled by those who can afford...