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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on September 28, 2009, 07:56:39 AM
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U. Wisconsin Papers Under Fire for Denying Pro-Life Ads
Two University of Wisconsin System school newspapers are under fire for rejecting an advertisement offer from Pro-Life Wisconsin on the basis of avoiding controversy.
Both the Advance-Titan of UW-Oshkosh and The Pointer of UW-Stevens Point decided not to run a 12-page insert created by the Human Life Alliance because both papers believed the insert would cause an unnecessary controversy while not providing a direct service.
“(The decision) actually had nothing to do with the content that was in there; I sat down with my advisor and advertising manager and we discussed it,†Andrew Munger, editor in chief of the Advance-Titan, said. “They don’t provide a service of any sort, just an ideology.â€
According to Munger, to call this decision censorship is ludicrous since the newspaper makes public their right to print and advertise as they see fit.
The Pointer also chose not to run the advertisement. Editor in Chief Jacob Mathias likewise said they did not run the advertisement because the content did not provide a service, yet the decision was also made to avoid controversy, he added.
I wonder how many ads they have run for abortion services. ::)
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