Original sentence: Central to the debate over Churchill's now widly known essay are questions relating to freedom of speech, academic freedom, and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.In response to the attacks on Churchill (over his 9/11 essay), the Council of the American Indian Movment of Colorado has endorsed a petition in support of Churchill, stating that "the media-driven frenzy to purge Churchill possesses all the hallmarks of a new McCarthyism, and represents a dangerous trend of intellectual intolerance across the nation and in the academy.petition drive
Edited sentence: Central to the debate over Churchill's now famous essay are questions relating to freedom of speech, academic freedom, and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution