Sunday, December 13, 2009

Chopra euthanizes the watchdog

I just noticed this piece from last Thursday’s The Writer’s Washroom:

Southwestern College Administration Now Attacks Freedom of the Press
Apparently unsatisfied with their attacks on America’s Freedoms of Speech and Assembly, the Southwestern College administration has taken aim at undermining the Freedom of the Press.

Just before last night’s Governing Board meeting, several different people informed me that less than half an hour earlier, the college administration had decided to handicap one of its prestige programs by refusing to fund the requested printing budget* for its nationally-recognized newspaper, the Southwestern College Sun.

Why would the administration want to attack and cripple such a prestigious program, you ask? Because the Sun has come down, again and again, in opposition to President Raj K. Chopra. This fall, they covered the student rally that Chopra has attempted to spin as a “riot” and refused to fall into the administration’s line. They refused to turn over photos of the event when the campus police came out and demanded they do so. They have done proper journalistic due diligence and have watchdogged this shameful administration….
*Near as I can tell, the decision only concerns printing, not publishing online.

COMMENTS:
Anonymous said...
Sounds like what they did (with Gensler) to the IVC Voice....
9:36 AM, December 13, 2009

Anonymous said...
First it was freedom of speech, then freedom of assembly, and now it's freedom of the press.

I wonder what's next? Cruel and unusual punishment?

 --100 miles down the road
9:36 AM

Anonymous said...
Presumably, the Sun can still be published online, right? That's what they did with U.S. News and World Report. So they'll be in good company.
1:00 PM

Anonymous said...
Dear 100 miles down the road: I was going to say something about freedom of religion, but then I remembered: wrong district!
10:26 PM

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