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INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT | Shouting in favor of silencing others: A First Amendment conundrum

 
ASNE's First Amendment Committee is happy to share an "Inside the First Amendment" column by committee member Gene Policinski, chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute's First Amendment Center. 

The column "
Shouting in favor of silencing others: A First Amendment conundrum" is free for ASNE members to reprint on their op-ed pages.

Here are the first few paragraphs: 

 
"Let's call it 'losing the high ground by taking the low road.' 
 
"Quite amazing these days how much time some are spending on telling others, loudly, what they should not see, hear, discuss or report on - even as they speak and protest freely under the protection of free expression by the First Amendment. 

"There is no sadder example of suddenly rampant disregard and disdain for our core freedoms, along with a healthy dose of misunderstanding, than the now-infamous video taken Monday on the campus of the University of Missouri." 

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