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Every so often, we at the BG News receive submissions through the listproc from outside sources. They have no ties to the newspaper or University -- they simply want their voice heard.

Stephen Crockett and Al Lawrence are the hosts of Democratic Talk Radio. They submit a regular editorial to the BG News, and never do we print their works or those of other aspiring columnists who have nothing to do with BGSU.

I wanted to save them some grief, and our editors even more time. I sent this e-mail to Crockett and Lawrence:

Mr. Crockett,

We would ask that you discontinue e-mailing columns to our BG News
mailing list.

The BG News is an independent newspaper published for the community of
Bowling Green State University by students of BGSU, and we do not
consider outside material for publication.

Thank you,

Matt Sussman
BG News Opinion Editor

I got a response rather quickly from one of the writers:

No.

You can decide not to use it but as good journalist should be exposed to these
views. Asking anyone to not send their views to your newspaper goes against
freedom of speech and our press freedom.

Mee-yow. Apparently someone never heard of not wanting spam mail.
- posted by Suss @ 10:39 PM | Permanent Link To This Post