Some people are dangerous, and many try to scam the public. It is our bound duty as journalists to inform the public. For more than 30 years before Wednesday's decision, courts had ruled that college journalists have First-Amendment protections like those given to the commercial news media. This ruling is a modern day travesty. While the decision is not final, if it is upheld by the Supreme Court it would tie our hands as student journalists forever.
Censorship is frightening.
Censorship on this scale is a great threat to society. It is no secret that, even in our best efforts, journalists make mistakes covering issues and events. But, with those mistakes we learn. If students are censored, if college journalists are not allowed to do their work, then journalism as we know it will die. Ladies and gentleman, this is serious stuff.