My Opinion on Media Censorship

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Censorship has been around since B.C. times and originated in Rome. Censorship was enforced to protect our society by not allowing explicit content to be viewed in the media. It also protects child pornography and secret government information leaks. The problem is in some cases are hard to determine on what should be censored because even though something might be explicit content it portrays the point the publisher is trying to make. On the flip some people believe that these extreme crime scenes seen in media have caused people to commit these crimes in real life. Although the article, Broadcast Decency Rules delivers a somewhat convincing and effective argument, I disagree that the media should be censored.
In the article, Broadcast Decency Rules it talks about how the government has to censor the media because the media tends to leak government information that is not suppose to be exposed. In this case the government is not violating the First amendment because the Espionage act says that any information that helps enemy gain information about the national security is a crime. The article also discusses how certain graphics such as nude scenes should not be broadcast on television or any other forms of media. The Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake super bowl performance was used as example. In this case Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet’s top and her right breast was shown on television during the super bowl in 2004. This caused a big up roar because a lot of parents complained that the exposing of her body was too much to be seen on family oriented support such as football. The station that broadcasted the performance, re showed it, and the performers were fined. The FCC has also banned certain words such as the f-bomb t...

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...se as teenager and young adults we use it all the time. Madigan also talks about how censorship limits our maturity and as a part of maturing different aspects such as sex, violence, etc. are things that individuals must be prepared for (2006). This summer I saw The Call and it very explicit content , but the things that happened in the movie are real life situations. While watching I learned different techniques to escape if someone tries to kidnap me such as knocking the tail lights out the truck and throwing things out. This was very useful, but might not be shown in years to come because of censorship.
Censorship has been around for a long time causing a huge controversy in our society as well as other parts all over the world. The article on Broadcast Decency Rules gave informing information pertaining to censorship, but I’m still against censoring the media.

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