Should there be tighter restrictions and regulations on media?

Question

Not communist-fascist style obviously, but what can be done to prevent government interference and bias?

Answer 1

You already answered your own question.....in a democracy...governements change....so does who they appoint to regulate

Better to have things out there that are upsetting....than to have someone with the power to say.....you opinion is not allowed or valid.

In large and mid size western countries.....so much media exsist that almost anyone can find an outlet that appeals to them....to me, hearing others views.....lets you understand what is on other peoples minds that you disagree with.....and makes you more aware of the society you live in............when ever people are denied expression....it just pops up in other place of society.....

Looks at the Middle East.....very restricted media in most of the countries....offically they scream at America then bust to visit or live here........the contadication in thier society hurts them.

Is is annoying....the many views you hear.....like the conspiracy people....who are so out of touch.....and the energy they spend on these rumors......listening to people trying to sell books or radio.
Wackos spend a lot of money to believe falshoods.

If they really thought about it.....they would see the truth....but a lifetime of seeing evil or an hidden agenda because they did not understand how the world operates.....I always like to point out that we almost impeached a President for a hummer.....if the most powerful man in the county could not hide that......then where are the alien colonies we hide.....some people do not want to believe the truth.....how many years Elivis was spotted after his death......for them it is comforting to believe a false tale than accept the reality...............thye media picks up on it cause it sells.....and make money out of false beliefs....

If people choose to believe false tales and outragious lies....it is they who suffer in an open society....not the rest of society...cause it is their time and money waisted.....and it makes them look foolish to regular society.

One of the best examples of people getting it wrong is the recent death of President Jerry Ford..........the man was decent....and took office after Nixon resigned......and spent much time cleaning up the mess left by Nixon and things he ignored due to his legal problems. So many people refused to belive his actions were to move the country forward....they abused the man in the media.....refused to cooperate and work him....to get us past Watergate and Vietnam. Yet the man was decent to his distractors cause he understood they had not healed from the past events....................that they had not moved on yet!

You have to give people time to change.......todays anger grows dimmer when people realize their perspective was not correct......confront then today and they get defensive and angry......ask them in 20 years and their perspective has changed ......good people with good character do what they have to do and let time judge if they were right,not the current views out there.

Better to let people to speak and evolve than repress and restrict...then they will always blame the restriction for holding them back....don't restrict and they grow and evolve slowly over time.

Great question

Answer 2

Of course not. The only restrictions on the press should be to prevent them from releasing information that could be detrimental to US military action or the safety of our military personnel. Everything else needs to be exposed.

We can't allow elected public servants to make secret deals with foreign governments. They work for us. We have to know what is going on. And we can't allow them to lock up information for 75 years about criminal activity on the part of a public person.

We cannot tolerate any government secrets (other than military) if we are going to have a free country. And we have to hold any government official PERSONALLY responsible for any crime committed against an American citizen.

Answer 3

In fact, I was thinking less restrictions. I would like to see journalism develop more investigative reality based reporting. There are already restriction on what the press can show and what they can not show with the war in Iraq. I would like to sww the press be used actually for information rather than a public relations arm of government.

Less spin more information.

Answer 4

Read the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights. The founders of this nation knew that freedom of the press was worth the risks of what may come from the press on occasion. If we tolerate any restriction at all, it becomes easier to impose more restrictions further down the road.

Answer 5

With people screaming about their first Amendment rights daily, I don't see much of a way to change the current media. I can say that if the demand for such media is gone they would certainly have to pull back from lack of funds. The unfortunate situation is that while there are a great number of people like myself who would like to ask the media to tone it down, there are an even greater number of people who want them to be everywhere all the time, until it inconvenience's them. There seems to be no real solution other than to censor for yourself and children.

Answer 6

Uhm no. It's called Freedom of the Press. It's a constitutional right.

The purpose of the press is to provide the public with governmental oversight. It's up to the public to determine if the press is biased.

Answer 7

Want restrictions on the media? Move to North Korea.

Answer 8

The media has the right to express itself just as Americans can.
I don't think there should be any restrictions. It is the fourth branch of government of sorts.

Answer 9

NO NO NO NO

not unless you want to live in 1950's Communist Russia.

there shall be NO gov. interference in media {1st amendment}

they would pump GOP bull **** ALL DAY

Answer 10

NO!

There should, however, be an educational program for citizens so that they can be aware of biased reporting and ignore or better evaluate news as it is presented to them.