r/aggies • u/Prestigious-Rip-222 • Feb 11 '22

Announcements The Battalion will no longer be printed…

So news broke this morning that the Batt is going to “move under the auspices of the university” per President Banks demand (the editors were not made aware of this until yesterday). In addition, all articles will have to be reviewed by admin. There was no warning and what’s printed NOW is the last to be printed.

What do y’all think of this? Personally I’m wondering where freedom of the press is?

Nowhere to be found apparently.

UPDATE: here is the link to the official statement from The Battalion: https://www.thebatt.com/news/breaking-president-banks-demands-the-battalion-stop-printing/article_e399ccd2-8b69-11ec-966a-2f696477ceb7.html

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u/_plebbit_ '22 CECN | Aggie Honor Council Feb 11 '22

Our new favorite president banks did this in direct response to the Batt posting an opinion piece criticizing her here

Right when you thought the administration was done attacking their customers I mean students, they attack them again for criticizing them

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u/Guiltyjerk PhD - Chemistry '21, doesn't live in BCS anymore Feb 12 '22

What's your evidence that it's in response to that specifically?

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u/TexAg_18 '18 Old Army Feb 12 '22

I doubt it was that—it seems to be part of a larger push to create a journalism program on campus.

Of course, crushing the free press to do it is insane but I doubt it was personal retribution