Movie Censorship Essay

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Censorship has changed a great deal over the years. In the 1980’s British authorities expected a violent uprising of ninjas. Due to the austere censorship a movie was then turned into the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The media still tries to suppress certain subjects to the public due their inappropriate content. Parents also try not to expose their children to offensive material. The parents want to make certain their children are mature enough to handle the possible influences of the uncensored material. The producers for TV-shows and movies get rated on the shows and movies based on the content. Depending on how appropriate a few select samples groups think , the groups will judge the productions for what age group is mature enough to see it. Censorship may be one reason why movies have a rating or TV-shows acquire an age limit. Perspective two concludes that restriction challenges our freedom of the press and speech, infringing on our rights as citizens. Take into consideration that the media is possibly holding back information because they can not share certain information with the public, so the media struggles to find a satisfying story that will interest the public. Society believes that we have the right to know …show more content…

The viewpoint suggests that our government holds the power. We should know what the government knows, not only what they want us to know. The government does not share certain information with the public, not to make us angry, but to keep us safe. We need that kind of censorship. If we knew everything the government knew our communities and possibly the world would be chaotic. Not everybody agrees on certain views or ideas. Our community would acquire a greater amount of overall argument, and our country would be ludicrous. The media can stray away from the norm and not censor anything, but those types of incidents generally people turn a blind eye

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