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The Rise and Fall of Testaclese: Double Standards at Roger Williams University
Anyone interested in the embarrassingly blatant double standard applied to freedom of expression at colleges and universities should check out Christina Hoff Sommers’ recent article on the reaction of Roger Williams University to a satirical student production called The Penis Monologues.
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The FCC has no business dictating the editorial choices of media outlets or conditioning merger approval on the viewpoints a network chooses to air.