Censorship?

So I guess only Rowan-approved writers can write about the cartoon fiasco in The Recorder? In this week's issue, a staff writer penned a decent article about continued fallout, although she clearly sides with the Pres, who of course supports First Amendment rights to the exclusion of all other rights. (Curious....) But Kari Sledzik's intelligent article on Jena 6, while published, has been cleansed of any connection between racism in Jena, LA and racism at CCSU. (You can find the original article and the excised content at the devil's advocate.) One might argue that Rowan & co. were doing their jobs as editors ... but it appears that the "editors" really didn't want to connect the dots and are ashamed and embarrassed to admit that what they published is not much better than hanging a noose in a tree. Racism is racism, crimes are crimes, and the right to free press is not a free pass to print any ol' thing. With rights come responsibilities, yet no one wants to hold people responsible for their actions.

Of course, real journalists are not afraid to ask the question, Is Jena America? Good for Kari, who at least tried to make the connections. Too bad her efforts were censored, and in her own newspaper.