A. Barton Hinkle on Why Censorship Is Not Just for Conservatives Anymore

Once upon a time in America,
censorship was a largely conservative project. From the Hayes
Office and the Smith Act to wartime censorship and the Federal
Communication Commission’s fleeting-expletives rule, censorship
served mostly Puritanism or jingoism. But as A. Barton Hinkle
explains, liberals have lately gotten in on the act. Now the First
Amendment is under fire from all sides.

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