Should calling for censorship be a disqualifying quality for someone who teaches journalism?
The College Fix reports:
Top digital journalism professor at Columbia calls for censorship of conservative mediaThe 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.The Democratic senior members expressed that “right-wing media ecosystem[s]” like “Newsmax, One America News Network (OANN), and Fox News” must be held accountable for supposed fallacies on their networks and suggested they be booted from these venues.“Have you taken any adverse actions against a channel, including Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN, for using your platform to disseminate disinformation related directly or indirectly to the November 3, 2020 elections, the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, or COVID-19 misinformation,” the letter asks.The justification for this, according to these lawmakers, is that the media “radicalizes individuals to commit seditious acts and rejects public health best practices, among other issues in our public discourse.”
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