The New Freedom

Freedom of the press is a right that is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. It is essential to an effective democracy, in order to cast an educated vote people must be informed. Thomas Jefferson once said “Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.” How is freedom of the press defined? Most commonly freedom of the press is defined as the right to circulate opinions without government regulation. In the world today every person has the freedom to be a…

from healthy arguments and open discussion and to a new reign of closed mindedness and a world where only one opinion exists. The liberals that once fought for freedom of speech, are now the ones fighting against it. This is seen now in the growing debate to allow government officials to…

or nonfictional graphic imagery to anybody, not at a certain of age. This would include television shows (ex. South Park), movies(ex. Pulp Fiction), and books(ex. The Catcher and the Rye). Some people believe that the Internet is an online gift of freedom of expression (ex. books, movies, or other uses of entertainment)". However, some people that the Internet is meant to inappropriate for not all users(ex.…

crackdown on press freedom and a campaign of distortion, misinformation, and propaganda has been enforced by Russian separatists. Local Ukrainian journalists like Larisa Lisnyak find themselves trapped in a no-win situation; they refuse to abandon their country, but they could pay for their reporting with their own lives. In an interview with Vice News, Lisnyak describes the media as being in a state of war, with free journalism as a casualty. It’s not a coincidence that the freedom of the press…

The right to freedom of speech is a cornerstone of the Bill of Rights and the American system of government, but this freedom is not without limits. Discuss. The Bill of Rights was drafted by James Madison. It was inspired however by Thomas Jefferson. Originally it was a draft of rights that were to protect the colonist’s rights against the newly formed government of America. The colonist’s believed that some kind of guarantee was necessary to protect their new found freedoms, which included…

“”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…

In the 1790s, a change has been made in the U.S constitutions which commonly known as the bill of rights. The bill of rights has ten amendments in it that include basic rights such as freedom of the press, freedom of speech, searches and seizure, right to bear arm, and others. These amendments have established for a long time but until this current moment, it’s still integrated with American values. These values are the value that we could see every day such as, being direct, being honest,…

In this article, “Free Speech Is the Basis of a True Education”, Robert Zimmer demonstrates the effects of the limiting speech within the university affecting the student’s education. Zimmer believes that the universities have created “a sanctuary for comfort” for the students, when they should “provide critical pathways” instead. Speakers who have controversial ideas are discouraged to speak at universities due to their content deemed offensive. Zimmer states that students need to be able to…

should be placed in the hands of the people. To insure a healthy and uninhibited flow of information, they included freedom of the press among the basic human rights protected in the new nation's Bill of Rights. These first 10 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States became law in 1791. The First Amendment says, in part, that "Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…" That protection from control by the federal government meant that anyone -- rich…

Throughout history censorship has followed people’s freedom of expression like a shadow. When I fled my country Ethiopia, not only as a result of censorship, but also extreme intimidation, I left my entire family behind. While others continued to write controversial statements about the government and politics, I left because I was not a fighter. Even though Ethiopia’s Constitution explicitly protects freedom of speech, in reality the government ignores it for the most part. In 2011, Reeyot…