{"id":2033,"date":"2023-01-09T19:38:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T01:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmcjournal.org\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2023-02-24T14:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:57:48","slug":"noted-c-j-cartoonist-to-headline-mcgaughey-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmcjournal.org\/?p=2033","title":{"rendered":"Noted C-J cartoonist to headline McGaughey Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The McGaughey Lecture on Press Freedom and Responsibility will
bring noted political cartoonist Marc Murphy to the stage of Lovett
Auditorium at 7 p.m., Feb. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cIn colonial America, publishing political cartoons critical of
government and its leaders was often a criminal offense, resulting in
heavy fines and even jail. The First Amendment was ratified, in large
part, to protect the right to dissent,\u201d said Kevin Qualls, chair of
Murray State\u2019s department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
\u201cThis presentation will focus on the value of dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The event was created by the McGaughey Fund for Excellence in
Journalism and Mass Communication which was established in 2020
through a generous bequest from the late Robert H. \u201cDoc\u201d McGaughey. \u201cDoc\u201d
McGaughey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cDoc McGaughey was a devout believer in press freedom,\u201d Qualls said.
\u201cBut he was equally devoted to the concept of press responsibility to
public service, the dissemination of truth and protection of innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a leader of the faculty at Murray State University, he devoted his life
to those principles in teaching and in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
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Marc Murphy is an award-winning cartoonist for the Courier-Journal in Louisville.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n


Murphy is a Louisville attorney with an ability to capture the essence of
important ethical and political issues in his art. He is regularly published
in The Courier Journal and USA Today. His cartoons have garnered
numerous local and national awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cDissent is important if we are to have a well-informed electorate. And
Marc Murphy does it boldly while maintaining fair standards,\u201d
Qualls said. \u201cWe\u2019re fortunate to have Marc Murphy as our first McGaughey
lecturer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


McGaughey began his career at Murray State following an active
undergraduate career in media and military service in Vietnam. He
returned to be adviser the Murray State News and, after a brief absence to earn his doctorate in journalism at Ohio University, joined the faculty. In 1974, he became chairman of the new-formed department of Journalism and Radio\/TV.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Robert H. \u201cDoc\u201d McGaughey III<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n


\u201cWhen Doc was inducted into the Kentucky Press Hall of Fame, he laid
out the problems that would afflict our society without checks on press
irresponsibility,\u201d said Robert Valentine, a long-time colleague.
\u201cHe was one of the first scholars to articulate the stress that comes from
unchecked abuse of the privilege of free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Valentine said the McGaughey Fund for Excellence in Journalism is an
extension of \u201cDoc\u201d McGaughey\u2019s lifelong campaign to teach the use of
free speech \u201cwhile safeguarding the public good through the responsible
use of the new power new media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cIt is among the greatest challenges we face today,\u201d Qualls said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lecture is intended to be an annual effort to encourage both dissent and
responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The lecture is free to the public and will be among the first events in the
newly-remodeled Lovett Auditorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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