Foxborough Exhibit On Media Censorship Gets Censored

FOXBOROUGH, MA — A photo exhibit at the Boyden Library about the dangers of news censorship and the threats reporters face around the world has itself been censored following a complaint.

During September, the library played host to a photo exhibit showing posting dedicated to freedom of the press. Recently, some photos, including one that showed a beaten Ethopian journalist and another featuring an Iranian government official giving an pointed order to the media, were taken down, according to the Sun Chronicle.

Kevin Penders, the chairman of the library board of trustees, said they had received complains about the content but denied that censorship played a part in the decision to take them down.

The exhibit is scheduled to run through next week.

According to the Foxborough Cultural Council, the exhibit came from the collection of Stephen Lewis and was made possible in part by a grant from the organization.

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