Those who weep for the future need more tissues

According to Mr. Toppo of the USA Today news company, many of our high school students think our press has too much freedom, and that the government (I can only assume they mean ours, W, Dick, et al--but hey, they're in high school, they may be thinking of King George, or maybe even the Lilliputians)--that the government, I was saying, should be allowed to read and approve of articles before publication.

Weep here.

On the other hand, high schoolers are forced into close proximity with hordes of witless, jabbering morons every day, and so perhaps a muzzle on freedom of chatter sounds like a reasonable option to them.

One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, according to a survey being released today.

The survey of 112,003 students finds that 36% believe newspapers should get "government approval" of stories before publishing; 51% say they should be able to publish freely; 13% have no opinion.

Asked whether the press enjoys "too much freedom," not enough or about the right amount, 32% say "too much," and 37% say it has the right amount. Ten percent say it has too little.