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Will on the Radio Tonight Discussing 'Firefly' Case

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Joanna Brenner

September 27, 2011

In case you missed it yesterday, the outrageous censorship of University of Wisconsin–Stout (UWS) professor James Miller's Firefly poster has inspired lots of news media coverage. Be sure to check out today's stories in Gawker and The Onion's AV Club.

Tonight, FIRE Director of Legal and Public Advocacy Will Creeley will be on "Thunk Tank Tuesdays" on WFMU (91.1 FM in the New York City area, and streaming online here) between 7:15 and 7:35 p.m. Eastern to discuss the case further. Don't forget to tune in and follow along here on The Torch for more coverage of this case.

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