Recently, freedom of press became a popular and disputed issue of public. Everybody’s understanding about the freedom of press is different. Roughly, it defines the right of newspapers and magazines which can report news without being controlled by the government or any political factors. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) stated, Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers. According the authority of protection, people are able to spread any type messages through the media platform without needing the official regulation. In condition, the issue about Snowden who explore
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For the national security, the government has the responsibility to ensure the state secret never leak absolutely in order to protect nations from the attack by other countries or terrorists. And make sure the published information is true to avoid misdirection. These are the primary reasons why the press should be control. State secrets involve the national security, economy and the political interest. Generally these were controlled by the senior government officials. The government’s policies or actions will probably be influenced if the state secrets were pressed. In America, Associated Press ever reported the anti-terrorism combat secret in Yemen on May 7th,2012. This event obviously affects the national security and hinders the government departments’ action. Moreover, public depend on the information which were released by the media. Wrong of fake information would produce misdirection to the public. That information has to ensure always truth. Hence, it requires a system to monitor or control the …show more content…
The relationship between them which are closely interrelated and depend on each other. “Protection of life and personal liberty. No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law” (Article 21, 1949) the decree illustrated that everyone should not strip of personal freedom because of the legal protection. Human right is classified as personal freedom, in justification, it should be guarded by law. Because of the authority of free press, all of inhabitants can indicate their opinions to government through social platform in order to improve the government’s operations more efficient. The media also plays an important role. Under the exposure of the media coverage, the hidden scandal has been exposed, so that the public has the opportunity to monitor the behavior of
For the national security, the government has the responsibility to ensure the state secret never leak absolutely in order to protect nations from the attack by other countries or terrorists. And make sure the published information is true to avoid misdirection. These are the primary reasons why the press should be control. State secrets involve the national security, economy and the political interest. Generally these were controlled by the senior government officials. The government’s policies or actions will probably be influenced if the state secrets were pressed. In America, Associated Press ever reported the anti-terrorism combat secret in Yemen on May 7th,2012. This event obviously affects the national security and hinders the government departments’ action. Moreover, public depend on the information which were released by the media. Wrong of fake information would produce misdirection to the public. That information has to ensure always truth. Hence, it requires a system to monitor or control the …show more content…
The relationship between them which are closely interrelated and depend on each other. “Protection of life and personal liberty. No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law” (Article 21, 1949) the decree illustrated that everyone should not strip of personal freedom because of the legal protection. Human right is classified as personal freedom, in justification, it should be guarded by law. Because of the authority of free press, all of inhabitants can indicate their opinions to government through social platform in order to improve the government’s operations more efficient. The media also plays an important role. Under the exposure of the media coverage, the hidden scandal has been exposed, so that the public has the opportunity to monitor the behavior of