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Freedon of the Press. Restricting the Freedom of the Press! The generous freedom
of having no regulations on what is printed or published ...
... rights. The First Amendment says that you have a right to freedom of speech,
press, religion, and freedon to a peaceful assembly. The ...
Submitted by waffles on March 27, 2007
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Restricting the Freedom of the Press!
The generous freedom of having no regulations on what is printed or published has persuaded many people into believing false or bias information. Journalist and reporters tend to abuse the freedom granted to them by the government in many ways. A few examples are the use of propaganda to persuade a certain crowd or group of people, enter the privacy life of a celebrity or someone famous, they let false or bias opinions be published, and some journalist often try to get attention instead of investigating for the truth.
(1) Propaganda is used to spread ideas, rumors or information in order to make an individual or a certain cause sound or look better than an opposing force. The actually definition of Propaganda is “Systematic spreading (propagation) of information or disinformation (misleading information), usually to promote a religious or political doctrine with the intention of instilling particular attitudes or responses.” (The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ideas) A) Propaganda is used in the fight of politicians in order to make themselves look better than their opponent. Instead of stating their own benefits they exaggerate the negative parts of their opponent’s campaign and make themselves look like complete problem solvers to the citizens. B) Another example of negative use of propaganda is television commercials. In one of the Alltel Wireless commercials, they use propaganda to make their positives look more dominant over the other cell phone companies. While all of the cell phone companies have their pros and cons also, they only state the downfalls of the other ones and even make some of their positives look like weak features.
(2) Often times celebrity’s personal life is violated by paparazzi or journalist. A) Bill Clinton was accused of committing adultery with Monica Lewinsky. Even though adultery is a “religious crime” it is not a federal crime. It doesn’t affect his performance of...
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