American University newspaper apologizing for date-rape column - washingtonpost.com
A misunderstanding of censorship can arise on college campuses when inexperienced editors are unsure what to do when faced with controversial views, said Christopher Hanson, a journalism professor at the University of Maryland.
“The obligation of news organizations is to balance debate with having certain standards of what they believe is acceptable speech,” he said. “The editor should not consider herself powerless to come in and kill a column if that column falls below certain standards.”
