LB 88 – “Protect free speech rights of student journalists and student media advisers”
As much as we would like to support such a bill, this is bad bill being sold under the guise of the protection of our 1st Amendment rights.
The language of this bill and the interpretation leads us to believe this bill would be abused to push through liberal agenda and prevent any recourse for such abuse.
Bill Page: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=43808
• LB 88 designates School-sponsored media as a public forum. There are very few limits on speech in a public forum.
• This allows a school paper to be treated more like a social media site (or a street corner) than a newspaper. Adult, professional, journalists do not have this level of unfettered reign over publishing and are ultimately accountable to their boss and/or owner.
• This allows journalism students unfettered publication ability without adult oversight.
• It restricts the editorial oversight power of media advisor or school to have any control over the publication.
• Limits the ability of the school to oversee the potential legally problematic and life-changing mistakes that minors could make in the content they publish.
• It leaves it unclear as to who is legally culpable for any damages incurred by the actions of a school journalist.
• In short, “Freedom of the Press” according to the first amendment, does NOT imply that everyone (let-alone every minor) is entitled to having THEIR OWN PRESS.
🚨🚨 Email our Senators NOW : 🚨🚨
raguilar@leg.ne.gov
jalbrecht@leg.ne.gov
jarch@leg.ne.gov
cblood@leg.ne.gov
ebostar@leg.ne.gov
bbostelman@leg.ne.gov
tbrandt@leg.ne.gov
tbrewer@leg.ne.gov
tbriese@leg.ne.gov
rclements@leg.ne.gov
jcavanaugh@leg.ne.gov
mcavanaugh@leg.ne.gov
jday@leg.ne.gov
wdeboer@leg.ne.gov
mdorn@leg.ne.gov
serdman@leg.ne.gov
mflood@leg.ne.gov
cfriesen@leg.ne.gov
sgeist@leg.ne.gov
tgragert@leg.ne.gov
mgroene@leg.ne.gov
shalloran@leg.ne.gov
bhansen@leg.ne.gov
mhansen@leg.ne.gov
mhilgers@leg.ne.gov
rhilkemann@leg.ne.gov
dhughes@leg.ne.gov
mhunt@leg.ne.gov
slathrop@leg.ne.gov
mkolterman@leg.ne.gov
blindstrom@leg.ne.gov
llinehan@leg.ne.gov
jlowe@leg.ne.gov
jmccollister@leg.ne.gov
mmcdonnell@leg.ne.gov
tmckinney@leg.ne.gov
amorfeld@leg.ne.gov
mmoser@leg.ne.gov
dmurman@leg.ne.gov
rpahls@leg.ne.gov
ppansingbrooks@leg.ne.gov
rsanders@leg.ne.gov
jslama@leg.ne.gov
jstinner@leg.ne.gov
tvargas@leg.ne.gov
lwalz@leg.ne.gov
jwayne@leg.ne.gov
mwilliams@leg.ne.gov
awishart@leg.ne.gov
This bill will be debated on the floor starting March 15th. We need to FLOOD them Tuesday March 16th and Wednesday March 17th with emails and calls!!!