"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press- ).# Throughout the history of the United States of America, the Constitution has always been put to the test. In the colonial years our forefathers originally created the first amendment to allow colonists to speak out against the British. In the 17th century, the press was accurate and informative with little competition among journalists. But however times have changed and competition is becoming fierce and today in the 21st century the circumstances are different and the stakes are higher. Due to this incredibly high amount of competition among journalists today, the information can be exaggerated or even shaped to fit the opinion of the writer or his/her company in order to capture a viewing audience. Noam Chomsky, an established political thinker and magazine editor, stated in an interview in 1990: .
"If you follow mainstream media with great care and skepticism and approach it with the right understanding of how propaganda works, then you can learn a lot. The normal reader is fooled into believing the propaganda that they are being fed. The media shapes and selects the events and offer their biased opinions to the mass audiences." "The media modifies information to fill what they believe the public's interest is."# .
The media is everywhere you turn. You can find the media in many different forms such as television, radio, magazines, newspapers, and now on the information superhighway, the Internet. In the process of capturing ratings, who is the media hurting more? Is it the people who are accused of a crime, such as O.J. Simpson, or is it the American public's own fault for believing everything they hear? In my view, some limitations greatly need to be placed upon the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution in regard to freedom of the press because presently the media is doing more harm than good.
CENSORSHIP AND 1st AMENDMENT RIGHTS "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press- So why is censorship such a big deal? ... Besides in his lyrics he's just using his 1St Amendment Rights to freedom of speech. ... Maybe you should just let this man use his way of art to express himself and abide by the 1st Amendment. ...
As the fourth amendement of the United States Constitution states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized (LoC, 2003). ...
It was the 1st real musical. ... The 1st film with this technique was made in 1935. ... In 1928 Walt Disney's 1st work, the Willie the steamship revolutionized the world of cartoons. ... Disney made his 1st color cartoon, the Trees and flowers, in1932. ... The 1st colour and sound cartoon that filled a whole evening was also made in Disney's studio. ...
This time he was the leading Republician candidate for his partys nomination. he recieved the nomination on the 1st ballot at the partys convention in Kansas City, MO., in June 1928. ... Smith was the 1st Roman Catholic to run for president. ... Hoover was the 1st president to have a telephone in his office. ...
In or first class, we conducted an activity on 1st Impressions of each of each other and the feelings associated with doing such an activity. ... Many other students didn't mention 1st impressions so I felt I might have been out on a limb a little. ... One of the points the leader alluded to was that we must be aware of how 1st impressions should not be written in stone. ... In such a short time it was a difficult task to complete, I found myself rushing and in doing so may have relied too much on my 1st impressions rather than the content of their speech, for example, did they seem con...
It is in the best interest of students as pointed out by the ASUU, that the 1st amendment is taken into consideration before the 2nd. ... The 1st amendment and the freedom of speech is the constitution, but without the 2nd amendment defending it, there would be no constitution here today. ...
The 1st Amendment protects our rights and diversity as Americans. ... The 1st Amendment protects against the "tyranny of the majority,"" or, in other words, it keeps minority religions legal. ... The 1st Amendment prevents the government from taking away our freedoms of expression and opinion. ...
This can be proven in the 1st Amendment, The Flag Protection Act, and the fact that the flag does not loose its symbolism when it is burned. ... Outlawing flag burning also denies the people the first part of the 1st amendment, freedom of speech. ...
"1st to Die" written by James Patterson. The setting in this book is in San Francisco; it is the present day. This story was told in first person point of view, through the eyes of Lindsay Boxer. The theme in this story would be that you shouldn't count your eggs before the hatch. I say this...
Explaining the 1st Amendment would just tell these people what they already know, but when it comes to something that they don't approve of, or agree with, they get to play Thomas Jefferson and switch the rules according to how they see fit. Censors, those people who decide what you get to be exposed to, are subconsciously sabotaging the 1st Amendment and, well, us! ... Maybe limits on the 1st Amendment is what is eating this country up. ...
