Letter to the Editor: Daniel Sorid

To the editor:
President Bollinger can double down on his commitment to an “uninhibited, robust, and wide-open” media by directing his public relations staff to redesign the Record, the University’s official monthly “newspaper,” into a genuine forum for ideas and news about the University community (“Panelists emphasize state control of media,” April 15, 2010). As it stands, the Record permits no critical voices or alternate perspectives in its pages, and it remains largely a collection of heartwarming press releases. Permitting the publication of propaganda under the banner of “news” confuses Bollinger’s clarion call for free speech around the world.

Daniel Sorid, Columbia College ’99, Journalism ’09, Business ’10
April 19, 2010