A New Jersey judge has ordered the Trentonian, a daily newspaper in the Garden State, to halt publication of any articles pertaining to an ongoing child abuse case in a ruling that is inherently at odds with the First Amendment.
Since October, reporter Isaac Avilucea has been writing about a 5-year-old Trenton boy who brought heroin and crack to his school, which resulted in the child being taken from his parents:
A city boy who took heroin to school in his lunch box last month has been taken away from his family and placed in foster care after a teacher at his school told investigators she found crack cocaine inside his folder this week.
From the little boy’s mother, Avilucea also obtained a child abuse complaint, which was filed by the New Jersey Division of Child Protection, that sought to remove him his parents’ custody. The mother’s decision to give the complaint to the reporter was in violation of New Jersey law, according to the Washington Post:
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No different than when Predue talked to the Daily Times and told them if they reported on a certain expose that Predue would pull its advertising.
ReplyDeleteVery different, a judge is employed by the government. Government censorship vs. pressure from an advertiser? Two completely different things.
DeleteCensorship is bad in any form, all names and full stories should always be published. If your stupid enough to break the law, than you deserve to be humiliated, youth be dammed, big shots, public figure, everyone is fair game!
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