External Media Coverage
The media coverage posted here comprises mentions of FIRE's positions and activities, citations or interviews of FIRE's staff and board members, stories pertinent to FIRE's cases, and articles written by FIRE's staff and board members.
- "Censoring bigoted speech at UC San Diego: Who does it help?,"
by Robert Shibley, Pajamas Media, March 11, 2010 - "Is College Censorship Destroying Our Society's "Sophistication Machine"?,"
by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, March 4, 2010 - "Pope Center/FIRE Report Reviews Speech Codes at North Carolina Colleges,"
by Jane S. Shaw, Lincoln Tribune, March 3, 2010
March 2010
- "How corrupted language moved from campus to the real world,"
by Harvey Silverglate, Minding the Campus, February 23, 2010 - "Shank bill is intended to protect students’ rights of free speech,"
by Erin Julius, The Herald-Mail, February 23, 2010 - "Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech?,"
by Jenna Ashley Robinson, The John Williams Pope Center for Higher Education, February 17, 2010 - "Western Pa. school OKs concealed weapons group,"
by Associated Press, Associated Press, February 17, 2010 - "On campus, is heckling free speech? Or just rude?,"
by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, February 17, 2010 - "Rights of the Accused,"
by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed, February 12, 2010 - "Temple waives security fee for Islam critic's speech,"
by Susan Snyder, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 2010 - "Va. Tech threatens to pull funding from campus newspaper,"
by Tonia Moxley, The Roanoke Times, February 12, 2010 - "Southwestern College pushed to the brink by brutal power struggle,"
by Lyndsay Winkley and Sean Campbell, Voice of San Diego, February 7, 2010 - "P.C. Never Died,"
by Greg Lukianoff, Reason Magazine, February 1, 2010 - "Will Chief Illiniwek dance again?,"
by Robert Shibley, February 1, 2010
February 2010
- "The Joke Ban,"
by Mike Adams, Townhall.com, January 28, 2010 - "Advocates accuse L.A. City College of trying to censor campus paper,"
by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2010 - "Why free speech advocates are angry,"
by Mark Bauerlein, Minding the Campus, January 26, 2010 - "College defends prof who mocked Christians,"
by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily, January 23, 2010 - "Temple University tacks on last-minute fee for free speech event,"
by J. Peter Freire, Washington Examiner, January 20, 2010 - "My Article 'PC Never Died' in Reason Magazine,"
by Greg Lukianoff, The Huffington Post, January 11, 2010 - "Rights group criticizes Yale,"
by Jordi Gasso, Yale Daily News, January 11, 2010