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Originally Posted by filtherton
If they think they can legislate objectivity, they should start with the media. Otherwise they should quit complaining.
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There's two things wrong with this:
1. "The Media" isn't a single entity. A state-funded university is. And it's a state-controlled entity at that. I doubt that people would start advocating for state-sponsored news.
2. Media organizations are for-profit businessees. A higher education institure isn't measured by the bottom line. If objectivity was profitable, i'm sure more news outlets would also be.
I don't see what this has to do whatsoever with freedom of speech, unless you take the point that conservative students are having their first amendment rights violated. How many people here would feel the same if a professor instituted a "don't ask don't tell policy" and any gay student was risking a lower grade by letting it known their homosexuality. It seems that people here are only complaining because those with their particular political views are in charge of universities, and they don't want to see that change or allow differing opinions to be allowed.