Freedom Of Speech: Media Content

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Freedom Of Speech: Media Content

...speech, which opens a very large can of worms within the American political schema and it's interpretation by its citizens and courts. The freedom of speech allows for pornography, as well as other 'alternative views' to be bought , sold, advertised and distributed. It also restricts the teaching of moral values in the schools. The media, as represented by the press, television, movies, magazines and the Internet, is the primary means of receiving information concerning the views and values of the entire culture. It is not only the right of the media but also the responsibility to represent the social reality in all its diverse aspects.
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says that all American citizens have the right of freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and to petition the government. These rights are the ultimate safeguards against censorship. The media has, to a large degree, represented a perspective of the social reality as denying the 'other' by exclusion. This is slowly changing as minority cultures are accessing the media directly and being...

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