Colorado State University Student Newspaper Under Fire for Bush Editorial

Fox News ^ | 22 Sep 07 | Fox News

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The Colorado State University student newspaper is under fire after publishing a two-word editorial statement about President Bush.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian published the editorial on its Sept. 21 opinion page, saying "Taser this .. (expletive) BUSH."

University officials released a statement explaining their concern for response to the editorial, and that it has no control over its student media.

“While we understand (the editorial) is upsetting and offensive to many people, CSU is prohibited by law from censoring or regulating the content of its student media publications,” CSU said in a written statement.

The newspaper’s editor-in-chief wrote a letter to readers to explain that “our intentions were not malicious.”

“While the editorial board feels strongly with regard to first amendment issues, we have found the unintended consequences of such a bold statement to be extremely disheartening,” wrote J. David McSwane, editor-in-chief.

The editorial board, which consists of seven student editors, voted in a split vote to run the editorial statement, McSwane said.

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"The newspaper’s editor-in-chief wrote a letter to readers to explain that “our intentions were not malicious."

This liberal retard has a future with the DNC.

[Roberts]

“While the editorial board feels strongly with regard to first amendment issues, we have found the unintended consequences of such a bold statement to be extremely disheartening,” wrote J. David McSwane, editor-in-chief.

Their statement was not “bold” or even “educated”, it was merely crass, juvenile and indicative of their inability to articulate a persuasive, reasoned argument.

[Talking_Mouse]

Already posted here

[babyfreep]

“While we understand (the editorial) is upsetting and offensive to many people, CSU is prohibited by law from censoring or regulating the content of its student media publications,” CSU said in a written statement.

Unless it is offensive to muslims, gays, minorities, democrats or any other liberal special interest group - then they must "censor and regulate".

[NurdlyPeon]

I just snail-mailed a letter to CSU telling them that words cannot express the depth of my anger and contempt for what they have done. I told them to take me off their mailing list, and to not call me, mail me, e-mail me, or contact me again in any way shape or form. While the senior management of CSU my be able to legally hide from their direct responsibility for this, it is THEY who have determined the tone and tenor of the school, which ultimately resulted in this publication. If this is what my alma mata has become, I want no further part of it.

[Gator101]

The liberals at CSU must have been feeling “out-liberaled” by their neighbors to the south (University of Colorado) and this was a sad cry for attention: “look at us — we can also bush-bash!”