2007-03-28 17:44:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
is it really protected, like i know first ammendment and all but what about the fact that most of it is libel which is not protected by the constitution?
2007-03-28 17:54:34 · update #1
In a sense yes, there's libel laws on the books that even a tabloid must follow, it's regulated via the civil judicial system. For example if a celebrity can prove that a tabloid irresponsibly printed a story that it knew was false then the celebrity can sue for personal and "punitive" damages. One of the first big successful lawsuits against the National Enquirer was won by actress-comedian Carol Burnett - the case remains a landmark in the study of libel cases involving celebrities.
2007-03-28 18:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. It would be against our amendment, freedom of speech I think. Besides, America is too wrapped up in pop culture to see tabloid press hindered by the government.
We can't let the government take on too much. Remember, this all comes out of our taxes!
2007-03-28 17:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Peanut Butter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean regulate the content? Not much.
They have been sued sometimes for lying about somebody, but sometimes they have won on the basis that everybody knows their stories are fiction anyway.
It's the free market that has to control them, not the government.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
2007-03-28 17:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here, let me share the words of the first amendment to the us constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
2007-03-28 17:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No as it violates the constitutional right freedom of speech.
2007-03-28 17:46:32 · answer #5 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No ; they can not . THE ONLY thing some would like to limit would be any media that is not biased liberal .
2007-03-28 17:49:26 · answer #6 · answered by missmayzie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no and that is why CNN is tearing your country apart... but that is just my opinion for I am an outsider looking in.
2007-03-28 17:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
ya i think they do but just the stuff they dont want us to really know! just like with any u.s. media......
2007-03-28 18:02:03 · answer #8 · answered by amber j 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋