A number of campus newspaper editors said they knew little or nothing about Kincaid v. Gibson , which is currently awaiting arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. I believe it's a violation of the rights of any kind of media when someone tries to censor them. Nellann Young, summer editor of the Daily Beacon at the University of Tennessee, also said she did not have any knowledge of the case. We have the last say on what goes into the paper. But the editors admitted that administrators would probably try to control newspaper content if legally able.
Administrators are so concerned about public relations.
Coi said she agreed. Every person has the right to express their ideas, even bad ideas. While the First Amendment gives a broad reading, journalists should practice self-discipline. But the student editors said they would like to learn self-discipline on their own, without administrators holding the Hazelwood decision over their heads.