thy ' s ▁anti - v acc ination ▁belief s ▁get ▁platform ed ▁Van ▁Norden ▁arg ues , ▁what ▁occurs ▁isn ' t ▁a ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁open - mind ed ness , ▁but ▁rather ▁it ▁suggests ▁that ▁such ▁views ▁are ▁worth while ▁to ▁debate ▁and ▁discuss . ▁Van ▁Norden ▁disag rees , ▁declaring ▁that ▁such ▁views ▁are ▁in ▁fact ▁root ed ▁in ▁ignor ance ▁and ▁while ▁people ▁like ▁M cc ar thy ▁have ▁a ▁right ▁to ▁free ▁speech ▁that ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁viol ated ▁through ▁the ▁exercise ▁of ▁violence ▁or ▁c ensor ship , ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁equ ate ▁to ▁a ▁right ▁to ▁an ▁audience ▁afford ed ▁to ▁her ▁by ▁institutions ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁media . ▁This ▁point ▁for ▁Van ▁Norden , ▁is ▁what ▁cru cially ▁distingu ishes ▁free ▁speech ▁from ▁just ▁access . ▁ ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁ess ay ▁received ▁one ▁thousand ▁eight y - four ▁comments ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁website . ▁The ▁American ▁Philosoph ical ▁Association ▁would ▁award ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁ess ay ▁their ▁Public ▁Philosoph y ▁Op - Ed ▁prize ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁Florida ▁Today ▁ran ▁an ▁article ▁favor ably ▁cit ing ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁article ▁titled ▁" Donald ▁Trump ▁presents ▁a ▁new ▁challenge ▁for ▁fair ▁news ▁coverage " ▁written ▁by ▁Ross ▁Mc Cl un ey . ▁In ▁the ▁article , ▁Mc Cl un ey ▁claims ▁that ▁being ▁fair ▁and ▁bal anced ▁ultimately ▁means ▁not ▁platform ing ▁opinions ▁we ▁know ▁to ▁be ▁false . ▁ ▁However , ▁Van