Fox News Covers Censorship Case at Tufts
by Luke Sheahan
May 7, 2007
Fox News
covered FIRE’s case at Tufts University, where
The Primary Source (
TPS), the independent campus paper,
faced a hearing last Monday on charges of harassment, creating a hostile environment, and breach of community standards.
TPS had printed a satirical Christmas carol, “O Come All Ye Black Folk,” and “Islam—Arabic Translation: Submission,” a satirical advertisement for Tufts’ “Islamic Awareness Week.”
TPS faces a number of possible repercussions including a campus-wide ban on the paper. The hearing panel is expected to hand down their decision today.