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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Reporters find all kinds of dirt on celebri-ties, politicians, billion-heir’s, and even the government; however, just because they have this in-formation does that mean that they should be allowed to publish it in magazines and newspa-pers? No matter what the content? Just because the reporters possess information like this does not mean that they should share it with the public. Media regulation is a difficult subject; however, it is necessary in our society. It is neces-sary because there are many things in the media that are not appropriate for all age groups, specif-ically children. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed restrictions of when indecent, profane, and obscene material …show more content…

When Edward Snowden leaked classified information, from the National Security Agency (NSA), to several well-known media outlets, including The Wash-ington Post, he caused some major problems for many people and companies; one in particular is the aerospace company Boeing. Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company, and the leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems (Boeing, 2015). The company had just made a multibillion-dollar jet contract with Brazil (Prada, Murry, & Royalty, 2013), however when Edward Snowden leaked the classified information Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff learned that the United States had been spying on Brazil as well as other allies (Johson, 2014), and ended the contract. The leak also caused tensions between the United States and other countries. If there had been stricter regulations on what a medium could and could not publish most of these situations could have been avoided. Not only did he cause Boeing to lose the deal, but also he has now leaked top-secret information onto the internet, where it will remain

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