Sunday, October 21, 2007

Censorship

Sense & Censorship. Walters, Anne K.; Birchard, Karen; Troop, Don. Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/19/2006, Vol. 52 Issue 37, p3-4, 2p

While this article includes information on multiple stories, it includes one in which a student's exhibition was cancelled due to the university's hate speech policy. His paintings were inspired by photographs and television footage of Palestinian terrorism in Israel. After the student newspaper covered the incident and drew much attention to it, they offered to reopen his exhibition to correct the situation, but the student declined.

THE TV INDUSTRY'S VALENTI-TINE. By: Paskowski, Marianne. Television Week, 2/13/2006, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p6-6, 2/3p

This piece discusses the efforts of Jack Valenti to censor television more. The author also criticizes the Ad Council for allowing him to speak at their meeting because she feels that they should have been doing more to promote freedom of speech, not considering limiting it more.

Mötley Crüe Sues NBC For Banning the Band. By: Leeds, Jeff; Steinberg, Jacques. New York Times, 5/25/2005, Vol. 154 Issue 53225, pE1-E7, 2p, 1bw

After Motley Crue used an expletive on air during a performance on The Tonight Show, NBC banned them, which band members say violated their freedom of speech. Therefore, the band decided to file a lawsuit against NBC, also saying that the ban weakened the band's record sales.

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