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'Primary Source' Responds to Criticism in 'Tufts Daily' Column
A recent column in the Tufts Daily attacked the Tufts University student newspaper The Primary Source, saying that its outrageous punishment for the printing of two satirical pieces did not go far enough because "no editorial restrictions or responsive reconciliation were instituted." TPS Editor-in-Chief Alison Meyer responds to this charge in a letter to the Daily here.
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