Censorship

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Term Paper Title	Censorship
# of Words	525
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.1

Censorship

[Category]:

Social Issues

[Paper Title]:

Censorship

[Text]:

Censorship is berated and attacked verbally by proponents of freedom of
expression. Yet these same individuals seek solutions to the problems needling
society. A cause is always sought after and more often than not one of its
causes, “the freedom of expression,” particularly in television, is not
given enough consideration.

Our “free speech” and our decisions to act and behave according to how we
see fit is covered under the (#) Amendment(s). However, the First Amendment is
not an excuse to allow networks and their show’s writers to pass on just
anything to the viewing public. Andrew Carnegie himself was a patron of the arts
and thus said in his dedication address at the library of Pittsburgh:

“There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and

nothing else…My aspirations take a higher flight. Mine be it to have

contributed to the enlightenment and the joys of the mind, to the things of
the

spirit, to all that tends to bring into the lives of the toilers of
Pittsburgh

sweetness and light. I hold this the noblest possible use of wealth.”

Imagine the look on Mr. Carnegie’s face if he were to witness the “noblest
possible use of his wealth” going towards not the high-minded art of producing
noteworthy things, but to the production of such adulterated shows as Temptation
Island or the tasteless jokes told on late-night television.

An argument frequently made that it is the parent’s responsibility, and not
a government to impose on the public what is good and bad to watch. The
invention and introduction of the V-chip wrenches the control from parents and
plac...

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