American Values Of The Freedom Of Speech And The Press

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BEING RACIST. AND THAT WE WANT AN EDUCATION THAT WILL TEACH US
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW, SO WE CAN BETTER
SERVE THE PEOPLE!!!!” (Zerman, p.3).

He had challenged the school and the courts by what he said. He won his
court case and showed people that the freedom of speech and the press is a
privilege and a tool to value.
The freedom of speech and the press should at least have some
limitations. That's what a poll taken in the 80's said. “...a majority
believed that the public's right to know is subordinate to an individual's
right to privacy, that the harm certain information, were it be aired,
would inflict on the subject far outweighs whatever benefit it might offer
to the rest of us.” (Zerman p.24). This is saying that if the news or
papers get a hold of some “juicy” tidbits about something that would hurt
either the persons status or their credibility, it should not be given out,
only if the negative is more than the ...

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