Daily Northwestern’s defense of Holocaust denial column ‘a stunning disregard for journalistic ethics’

Chicago, IL, February 16, 2006 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called the The Daily Northwestern’s defense of its decision to run a column by a well-known Holocaust denier “irresponsible journalism.” The paper today ran an editorial defending its decision to run a February 14 column by Arthur Butz, a well-known Holocaust denier and Northwestern University professor of electrical engineering, on the basis of seeking a “balanced perspective” and “fairness.”

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Cartoons & Holocaust deniers

I don’t find myself agreeing with the prime minister of Iran about many things, but about one thing, I believe, he is right. It is inconsistent to claim, in the name of freedom of expression, that a Danish newspaper has the right to publish any cartoon of Muhammad that it wants and at the same time to have laws, as do at least seven Western countries, outlawing denial of the Holocaust.

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