“”Weapons of Mass Distraction”: Censorship in the U.S. Practicing your right to freedom of speech becomes difficult when obstacles such as place, time, and manner limitations of free speech are present. Also known as censorship. It can be difficult to break away from the regulations put on citizens of the United States by the government and to voice our opinions when one has to be cautious of what is being printed, communicated, and advertised, etc. Juan Williams describes this difficulty in his essay, “Defying the PC Police”. In his essay, Williams describes the difficult challenges journalists, face in overcoming the restrictions imposed by the government in order to voice their opinions of controversial issues and authority figures to the
