College Editor Cleverly Bypasses Newspaper Censorship by Going ‘Topless’
- Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:34pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The Associated Press used this clever headline: “College paper goes topless for exotic dancer story.“ ”What?” you may ask. Well, it’s not what it seems.
Remember the story we brought you earlier this week of the Catholic university professor in Philadelphia who taught his business ethics class using strippers? Well, the college newspaper of La Salle University — where the incident occurred — wanted to publish a story about it. But officials didn’t want the story getting much play, so it told the editor that if he ran the story, he couldn’t feature it on the top of the front page. So he got clever.
In Thursday’s edition of the the Collegian, the top half was left blank, except for the words “See below the fold.”
Picture via Philly.com (SHARON GEKOSKI-KIMMEL)
Officials at the private Roman Catholic university have previously confirmed an investigation of the March 21 seminar.
The newspaper’s executive editor, Vinny Vella, says administrators initially forbade him from printing the article at all until their investigation was complete.
They relented after the Philadelphia City Paper broke the story April 8 but issued the story-location caveat. The university’s dean declined to comment.
“You need to stand up for yourself every once in a while,” Vella told Philly.com. “You can’t let authorities intimidate you.”
The Associated Press contributed to the report.
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FUSOCIALISTS
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 1:36pmLOL! Too funny! Good for him!
Report Post »Ma_Patriot
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:34pmGod bless America! We need more Americans standing up for common sense!
Report Post »TheyCanTakeOurLives
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 6:00pmI’m all for a free press, but first, a school newspaper is not the press. Second, if you have such loose morals, perhaps a Catholic school was the wrong choice for you.
Report Post »righthanddrive
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 4:49pmI guess I need to be educated about censorship. Why is this censorship? The University is a private body even if it accepts public funds in order to provide education to those who otherwise could not afford one. So why is it a big deal if they require a certain decorum in a college newspaper? To me this is not comparable to the Federal or a state government stopping someone from expressing a contrary point of view. This action by the university to me is not a freedom of speech issue. I see it as part of an education process….a faculty teaching its student.
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 3:23pmDoes the school own the paper and the equipment there? If so then they have every right to say no to the story. It was a cheap trick using a liberal word game that they tend to run to when they want to get their way around the rules. It’s like telling you they will not talk to your kids about sex so they hand out porn mags instead. i’d tell him that he could not use my press to print this stuff, does he then have the right to kick in my door and do it anyway because he needs my printer or his ideas can’t get printed? If he has his own paper / printer / ink and story he is welcome to do as he pleases but he can’t exercise his free speech on my dime when i do not agree. He is an EDITOR after all. He should understand that he himself chooses what can and can not run in that paper on a regular basis. If it is a school paper, then tough, it’s not his decision if they deem it should not run. It’s typical of a liberal to let that kind of power go to their head. give them an inch and they start deciding who lives and dies based on their lofty opinion that is always the prime directive.I’d assign a new editor and expe3ll the little creep.
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 3:18pmToo funny. I work in education and I know how “slack” some of the administrators are. Kind of embarrassing to be outsmarted like that. Bet most of them had a “PhD”, too. X-D
Report Post »billypol
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 3:15pm“boobs banned this story on top of front page”.
Report Post »challengable
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 2:28pmIt’s about time the young in the country started to think about how to run with the big dogs.This young man deserves all of our praise possible to help him and others on the front line of these progressive assaults on our sense of honor ,integrity, and Godliness.Good going and Godspeed.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 2:21pmRemember the stripper incident at Duke Univ. in NC when the District Attorney Mike Nifong tried to fraudulently convict some lacrosse players. The DA and the Puke teachers had them all but convicted on false charges without a trial and never any apology. Now there’s a school where the teachers have real class. Yea Right..So much for the teachers in this country, I’m not saying professors because these people are far from that..
Report Post »red1
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:42pmIs he running for president?
Report Post »Freedom Keeper
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:23pmGood thing he didn’t go topless…
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:18pmToo bad he’s not running a major news chain so he would be out there “standing up” for TRUTH, we would hope!
Nicely executed, young man. Let’s hope you are not (by the powers that be at your U).
Report Post »macombman
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:14pmClever…clever….clever
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:09pmVery nice. That’s the kind of thinking many in our country need to have in order for the truth to be heard.
Report Post »tomx1138
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:08pmHe should take over the NY Times or MSNBC a guy like that could probably build a better turd then whats on the shelf now! I like rule brealers.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:06pmA school where strippers are used in class by a business professor, and the administration strictly censors the newspaper on a legitimate news story about it? I‘m not sure the second part isn’t worse.
La Salle sounds like a GREAT place.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:51pmCleaver! Very cleaver, indeed.
Report Post »conversationcanwork
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:59pmCleaver! Where!? *Avoids Supposed Flying Cleaver*
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:15pmAs in “Beaver Cleaver”. But clever as well.
Report Post »Gee Wally, hope dad’s not going to get mad and stuff.
trex
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 2:15pmLOL teachermitch! I saw the resemblance right away.
Report Post »Love a teacher with a sense of humor!
Emudude
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:49pmI wonder what his Bra size is!? (SARC)
Report Post »reckless
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:40pmGive that man White House Press credentials!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:49pmwhat a terrible waste of an honest journalist, let Glenn hire him instead.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:36pmGood for him!
Report Post »But it begs the question, Dont the Deans read more than just half a page of their own schools paper?
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:36pmInteresting way of getting around censorship. Indeed if you believe in something full enough then stand for it.
Report Post »Juan Gault
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:24pmthis guy has a bright future.gave me a laugh.Brother n sister i needed one.lol
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:35pmanyone else disappointed when they saw this picture?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:39pmbecause I couldn‘t see the college editor’s boobs? Lol, no…Can’t say I feel any disappointment…
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:43pm@Troll: LOL!
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:48pmI like it. Quite Clever! Never met a stripper that didn’t get my attention!!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:49pmNo, thank goodness he didn’t take his top off.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:54pmI wasn’t disappointed but it was a shocker in a way. It did bring a smile to my face though. This young man is very clever.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 1:07pmGrandmaof5:
Good morning, hope all is good in Fla today.
I have to agree with you, at least the only ‘topless’ thing was the newspaper and nothing else. Got to admit though, it was a very clever way to get around the ban of censorship imposed by the college.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 4:31pmJust goes to show you that where there’s a will, there’s a way. This guy has a future in journalism when he thinks outside the box like that. Too bad the lib robots at CNN and MSNBC can’t break out of their socialist chains and do something similar in the name of truth.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:40pmI think it is great to see a journalist that will actually go to the mat to get the story out for once.
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