No Free Speech For You

For John, BLUF:  IUt seems Universities do not really believe in Free Speech, or maybe don't even believe in the United States itself.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Top digital journalism professor at Columbia calls for censorship of conservative media

From The College Fix, by Reporter Romy Ronen, of Columbia University, 9 March 2021.

Here is the lede plus two:

The top digital journalism professor at Columbia University recently called for some center-right news outlets to be censored in the name of cracking down on misinformation.

Professor Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Media, said it is not an infringement of the First Amendment to audit and vet some news outlets to promote a “truthful news environment.”

She made the comments in response to concerns among U.S. Reps. Jerry McNerney and Anna Eshoo, who sent letters to a multitude of streaming companies, including AT&T, Verizon, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Charter, Dish, Cox and Hulu, asking them about censoring “misinformation” in the conservative media.

I wonder whart Professor Bell thinks does constitute an infringement of one's First Amendment rights?

The right to free speech includes the right to be wrong.  Granted, that when free speech moves to action against the Government, a physical attack, the Government has the right to defend itself.  But, free speech has to be free or it doesn't exist.

It sounds to me as though Professor Bell lacks sufficient faith in her ideas, and to protect them, wishes to silence all, or most, opposing ideas.  That is not Democracy.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff