http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/opinion/18sun1.html?_r=1&ref=first_amendment
In this article the author complains on how the government puts restrictions on what the broadcasted shows can say. They allow expletives to be use only if it serves an educational purpose instead of just everyday talk. Many people complain about how they won't allow them to express themselves as they'd like. The government claims that they are trying to protect the innocence of the children, but many feel as if that is ridiculous seeing as to how modern day technology allows parents to block inappropriate television shows.
The first amendment says that every American is granted the freedom of speech, but by restricting what they can say on television seems to bump heads with it. The government makes small restrictions on about ten words at the most, but is that following our constitution? At certain hours of the night and day television shows are granted complete freedom of speech for the most part until the day time when younger children might be up and watching it.
The thought of government not allowing people to express themselves on television is outrageous. If we are granted the right of freedom of speech the television shows should not be bleeped at just because of the fact that vulgar language is being use. Not only that, but who is it to say that vulgar things can't be said or even decide what words are too vulgar and block them on television. This small restriction on a few words can change a whole television show depending on if they use profanity or not. If we are granted freedom of speech it should be for everything and not just for most things.
"The New York Times Log In."The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 17 July 2010. Web. 23 Aug. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/opinion/18sun1.html?_r=1&ref=first_amendment>.
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