Word: shinagels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SHINAGEL has little respect for campus publications or the students who run them. The Crimson and other publications aren't subsidized by the University. The Crimson's editorial policy isn't established by Harvard College--that's what editors are for. The free speech committee's help isn't wanted or needed...
Imagine the hoots of derision that would greet Shinagel if he called on The New York Times or NBC to meet with the free speech committee to discuss their conduct when covering campus events. Shinagel's attempt to muzzle or manipulate student publications is insulting...
...Shinagel charges that the press and the protestors often work hand in hand. Shinagel claims that campus papers may be co-opted by protesters in cases where publications receive tips in advance of planned protests...
Whether the press has the responsibility to report dangerous or lifethreatening tips to authorities is another related question. Shinagel would probably argue that if the Crimson received the report, the University ought to force the editors to divulge the tip. But this is for the paper to decide, not the University. Freedom of the press ultimately means that no outside authority has the right to threaten a newspapers's coverage of events, its editorial decisions, or its right to protect its sources...
...also worth asking why campus publications should help thwart protests or "control" disruptions, as Shinagel would have it. If students want to question Bok at a Quincy House dinner, why should they be denied? Shinagel fails to recognize that both speakers and protestors have the right to free speech. When students accept admission to Harvard College, they did not forfeit their right to free expression...