Freedom of the press and journalistic ethics is an important topic today in India — with the word ‘press’ encompassing the electronic media also. There should be a serious discussion on the topic. That discussion should include issues of the responsibilities of the press‚ since the media have become very prominent and very powerful. In India‚ freedom of the press has been treated as part of the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution‚ vide
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In 1984‚ George Orwell depicted a world of absolute monarchy and authority. This was an age of tyranny and indoctrination. Freedom and liberty were foreign to the people in Oceania and their lives were constantly under the omnipresence of ever watchful telescreens. There was absolutely no colour in their lives - the whole population was blended into one monotone colour‚ one that worships the Big Brother and work for the Big Brother loyally throughout their lifetime. In this fascinating Oceania utopia
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Freedom Road Born on November 11‚ 1914 in New York City‚ New York‚ Howard Melvin Fast was an American writer who typically wrote on history and politics. Not only did Fast publish books under his given name‚ he also used the pen names ‘E.V. Cunningham’ and ‘Walter Ericson.’ Fast married for the first time in 1937 to Bette Cohen whom he had two children with‚ Jonathan and Rachel. After Bette’s death in 1994‚ Fast married a second time in 1999 to Mercedes O’Connor. Fast wrote a variety of works including
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Affluent Society‚ 1953-1960 (“What Freedom Means to Us”) in chapter 24‚ the most general analytic observation that I made was simply that the tone portrayed in the reading was cold and dry. I observed that it carried no real emotion‚ merely explaining what real life is in America. The problem is that this passage is Richard M. Nixon’s voice and perspective. Mind you that our 37th president served during 1969-1974 a time when the inequality of race‚ color‚ creed was still a progressing issue‚ and also
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Introduction The need for freedom does not require much explanation. Freedom is one of humankind’s “Inalienable rights.”It may be one of the more difficult of the basic needs for student to meet in school‚ but if we hope to help students become responsible members of a democratic society‚ then it is important that we allow them to experience freedom in their formative years. When we talk about freedom‚ we are not saying that students have license ( freedom without responsibility) to do or say
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Cry Freedom Cry freedom is a real life drama recorded as a movie. The movies main character is steve biko (played by the actor Denzel Washington)‚ a man in his early thirties who has the ability to lead his people; the blacks againt the South African injustices. He’s most recognised point or view was „we don’t want to be forced into your society...I’m not going to be what you want me to be.” Biko was able to show what apartheid has done when he meets a white journalist
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had barely settled in Boston when Rahm Emanuel was already praising the use of cameras by government agencies‚ others started talking about heightened security at public events‚ and some liberal activists are even using the bombing as a way to further their anti-gun agenda. Then the other morning as I was watching the Today show‚ they had a segment where the “professionals” gave their opinions on current events and one of the events they discussed was the use of cameras by government agencies to
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What is freedom? Many people‚ both pro-gun and pro-gun control‚ talk about freedom. But nobody ever really stops to define what it is‚ and then apply it to the gun debate. This leads to mischaracterizations‚ particularly from the pro-gun side‚ that any attempt to implement gun control policies is an infringement on freedom. The ultimate end of this argument is to paint those in favor of gun control as "tyrants‚" or bring up the name of Hitler in an attempt to tar those on the other side. In this
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junior year‚ in 1997‚ the Freedom Writers all went to Washington‚ D.C.‚ where they presented their diary to the United States Secretary of Education Richard Riley. During this trip they also honored the Freedom Riders by holding a peace march and prayer vigil at the Washington Monument for victims of intolerance. The Freedom Writers Diary has photos of this‚ and I can only imagine what a touching site this must have been. In 1998‚ their senior year‚ Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers won the Spirit
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In What is Freedom Hannah Arendt argues that freedom is related to “the political realm” rather than “the inner domain”. Arendt points out in the opening of her essay the need to “eliminate the greatest and mist dangerous difficulty‚ namely‚ that thought itself‚ in its theoretical as will as its pre-theoretical form‚ makes freedom disappear – quite apart from the fact that it must appear strange indeed that the faculty of the will whose essential activity consists in dictate and command should be
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