Photo by Graeme Jennings, from Washington Exami On February 11, 2019, The Chicago Maroon published a breaking news update on an armed robbery at the University of Chicago. While there was no problem with the report itself, there was an immediate controversy over the featured image, that of a suspect led by a police man. Many readers thought this suspect looked like a potential minor, and believed that the photo of…

Photo from Medium On March 4th, 2019, President of the University of Chicago, Robert J. Zimmer, issued the “news”: “Federal Action Regarding Free Expression on Campus.” Rather than viewing this email as “news,” I saw it as an declaration of Zimmer’s affirmative stance that the US government should not meddle with free expression on campus, and that he is justified to propose this stance. First, let’s get several details straight:…