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The press may be accused of being disrespectful for showing what’s really going on during a times of war (doc A), but at least they are being honest. The government chooses to censor images and stories of war, but why? As a way to better understand the hardships of war the public deserves to share in a part of the pain that the brave men and women of the military are facing overseas. Censorship of images and stories does nothing to help the public aside from shielding them from the truth. One could argue censorship saves the public from themselves or prevent possible attacks by giving new, destructive ideas to enemy militaries (Doc D). Though an attack, which could have been prevented by censorship, was planned at the same time as the play “Deep in the Heart of Texas” was performed, this does not mean that censorship is the only way to produce a safe society (Doc D). If the enemy is determined to attack, they can and will find the ways and means to plan and put an attack in action, and whether or not media is censored has little hold on the safety of the society. Government censorship can be as simple as stopping song requests on the radio or lying about weather forecasts, but these small acts can produce a larger and more powerful government and takes away from the inalienable and democratic rights that Americans are given by the Constitution. As Americans, we all have the right to be heard through the freedoms of speech and press; censorship cannot be allowed to stop that. Getting the truth out would do nothing but help the country, in cases of censorship versus honesty, honestly should be the policy. Confidentiality of battle strategies or locations of troops is not only acceptable, but also necessary, the problem is when censorship is taken too far, when it will not help and only hurt the trust Americans place in the government. When the press is honest about war it will not “sink ships” but rather allow the public to empathize and support the soldiers at home (Doc B). The public needs to see the truth in order to fully understand the turmoil of war (Doc C). If the government keeps altering facts and keeping the truth about war from the public, they will not be able to trust out leaders anymore, and this loss of trust and support will be more detrimental to the government than any truthful weather report, song or television show could be (Doc F). The press is not able to endanger our country or our soldiers; they are there to open the eyes of the public. The only way our eyes can open, however, is if censorship is dismissed, and the truth is released.
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