Monday, September 24, 2007

From the mouths of REAL journalists

Mad ups to Stan Simpson, Bob Englehart, Timothy Chambers, and Bessy Reyna for their speaking out in the Courant -- now that's some free speech I can get behind because it 1) pushes us to think (no one is afraid of controversy, after all); 2) speaks truths without intimidating and harassing entire groups of people, thereby protecting the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the First; and 3) encourages real free speech, not Rowan-exclusive speech masquerading as free speech.

And Englehart is a cartoonist -- perhaps the one with the dog in this particular fight -- and he's speaking truth to power about publishing, controversy, and responsibility. If only I were a journalism major at CCSU...well...I still aspire to work with the likes of such conscientious and thoughtful people with whom I may not agree but with whom I can enjoy an intelligent discussion about rights -- and what is the right thing to do.

Right(s) on!!

2 comments:

The Devil'S Advocate said...

Ok, sounds good. We are going to start publicizing our networkof blogs from Devil's Advocate, the Unrecorded, and Take Back the Recorder. Does that sound good.?

The Time Is Now said...

great!! Let's get 'em!