Censorship in Media
drNathan Kohn
Ms. Menard
Tues, Oct 21/14
Government Censorship of Media Censorship by definition is the practice of officially examining and suppressing details.
The word censorship, originally neutral in tone, the term has come to mean the suppression of ideas or images by the government or others with authority. (encyclopedia.com)
This can be done with movies, books, the media and so forth and is sometimes used by the government as a form of control over the populations.
Should the government really be allowed to censor the media. Government censorship can be highly dangerous as it can cause humans as a whole to halt positive progress. If the media is censored people to lose their basic rights to freedom of speech, governments could turn into dictatorships, and can stop the progression of the humankind.
Freedom of speech is something that is often a blurred line and censorship can encroach upon peoples rights of speech. The idea of censorship of information by the government. If the government is censoring information from the public about controversial or damaging matters, people can not receive all the information they require in order to make accurate judgements on the sensitive topic. The consequences of this are that the views of the public are ultimately controlled by the government and therefore hold no restraints. Under the United Nations charter of human rights, article 19, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” (un.org). This states that everyone has the right to receive and express their
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thoughts and ideas, on any topic, through any media. Some say that life comes before freedom of speech and it is not viable to let people or companies produce media that is harmful to others. (debate.org). Even James Madison, who was
Ms. Menard
Tues, Oct 21/14
Government Censorship of Media Censorship by definition is the practice of officially examining and suppressing details.
The word censorship, originally neutral in tone, the term has come to mean the suppression of ideas or images by the government or others with authority. (encyclopedia.com)
This can be done with movies, books, the media and so forth and is sometimes used by the government as a form of control over the populations.
Should the government really be allowed to censor the media. Government censorship can be highly dangerous as it can cause humans as a whole to halt positive progress. If the media is censored people to lose their basic rights to freedom of speech, governments could turn into dictatorships, and can stop the progression of the humankind.
Freedom of speech is something that is often a blurred line and censorship can encroach upon peoples rights of speech. The idea of censorship of information by the government. If the government is censoring information from the public about controversial or damaging matters, people can not receive all the information they require in order to make accurate judgements on the sensitive topic. The consequences of this are that the views of the public are ultimately controlled by the government and therefore hold no restraints. Under the United Nations charter of human rights, article 19, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” (un.org). This states that everyone has the right to receive and express their
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thoughts and ideas, on any topic, through any media. Some say that life comes before freedom of speech and it is not viable to let people or companies produce media that is harmful to others. (debate.org). Even James Madison, who was