First Amendment Rights Case Study

First Amendment rights are like an antique; they have been around for a while, and people will treasure them for years to come. Americans have valued First Amendment rights since the constitution was written, and still do to this day. As well as valuing them, Americans are also willing to fight for their rights; whether it is by going to court, picketing, or protesting. As a result of this willingness to fight, we have seen many court cases and protests about First Amendment rights, and will likely continue to see these for a long time.

Cases that involve the First Amendment in school systems have always been around but the issue of finding a balance with these freedoms is

It was perplexing time for The New York Times; a chapter, in their long-run, of fabrications that are now consider fabulists and egregious plagiarism. Hard News by Seth Mnookin, recounts the time a narcissistic and pedantic executive editor, named Howell Raines took took charged of the steering-wheel of one of the most reliable and prominent newspapers in the nation. It is described how Raines and other high-profiled and important figures for the paper, such as managing editor Gerald M. Boyd, dealt with the Jayson Blair’s scandal. The Jayson Blair scandal is about the terrible repercussions when plagiarism and fabulism is committed by a reporter. It not only tarnishes the reporter’s reputation but the newspaper’s transparency as a whole. I

The First Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is our rights as citizens living in the United States of America. In this paper I will look at three provisions to the First Amendment, highlighting one case for each provision. Included are one case to discuss freedom of speech, one case to discuss separation of church and state and one case to discuss freedom of association.

Did Globe Communication Corp. have the right to publish the article that would be damaging the reputation of Kato?

Notwithstanding Chris Cantwell’s speech, “Free Speech Week” must be permitted to proceed as UC Berkeley, a government institution, demonstrates a commitment to the First Amendment. While allowing this event may be considered by many displeasing, it is in line with both the campus’s designation as a limited public forum, and the ruling from Supreme Court case Lamb’s Chapel

The testimony of Paul Kamerick is another attempt by the government to connect the UCC to the Newark riots. Kamerick points out how James Kennedy invited citizens to protest on live television in order to portray Kennedy as an actor in the riots. Kamerick also states “ Kennedy was there handing out the placards that had been made in area board No. 2, using area hoard No. 2 equipment, paper, time and other supplies. Mr. Alderman. Were all of those funds coming through the United Community Corp.? Mr. Kamerick. Substantially all of them.” . The selective questioning is done to establish the UCC presence at the riots. Their aid through public support, the invitation to the protest, and the handout of placards confirm an involvement and interest from the UCC in the outcomes of the protest.Thus, the interrogation of the UCC is done to criticize the organization for its promotion of protest in a city riddled with tensions and anger. Yet, ironically, the government attacks the UCC for instigating danger and violence, when it is their policies that have caused these manifestations. Nevertheless, the use of Kamerick’s interview serves as a criticism of the UCC because they were not able to assess the severity in promoting a protest in an unstable city. The government notices this link and attacks the UCC on their perceived

Melissa Click, the University of Missouri assistant professor captured on camera angrily requesting help to stop journalists from filming student protests at the university, is upset that people are judging her harshly for one regrettable action. She's suspended from the University of Missouri pending investigation, however, with the interim Chancellor calling her actions appalling and Missouri lawmakers publicly saying that the university should fire her, Click's reinstatement is unlikely.

In 2015, Presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed that he would consider shutting down mosques in the United States. Now being president, he created an executive order mandating the closure of all mosques which is a violation of The First Amendment of the Constitution which states that the “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

The site pays its founts according to the quality of the story. "Everybody rates everybody else out," says Simon Cardoza, a former TMZ cameraman. With payments as high as $90,000 to the source of Rice 's second footage, TMZ 's "stool pigeons" are not only in L.A., but omnipresent. In the early paragraphs the author expresses his view on TMZ as "the Web site that, since its inception, in 2005, has taken a merciless approach to celebrity news." Referring to a fuzzy clip as Rice 's first footage, Schmidle challenges that some of TMZ 's material may be fake. Such content proves that even though Levin is correct in defending paying the sources, as he says " '[t]he video is still the video '," the view of The Society of Professional Journalists seems right as "the practice of paying sources 'threatens to corrupt journalism '." Another illustration of where the site has flaws is the photograph of J.F.K. Such occasions where the content is not clear, there always lies a risk of wrong defamation – as it happened with J.F.K. - which reflects how the purpose of TMZ changes from real information to the juicy information. The author also raises questions of pathos with the TMZ 's practice of "bugging" wherein

Lastly, looking at posing, it’s easy to see that Blathers is at the wrong here. By posing as an employee instead of a reporter, Blathers can face charges such as fraud along with intrusion. Posing goes along with intrusion, and since the first amendment does not protect reporters who break the law to gather news, Blathers would be found guilty of

Protesters are usually defined as people who publicly demonstrates a strong objection to something and they fight for it. These people stick up for what they believe in. In both stories titled, “A Letter Home” and “ Waiting for Dan” there are protesters who have similarities as well as differences. Both protesters express how they feel and what they believe in but they do this differently and what they are expressing is also different.

In the United States, freedom of the press and the broader freedom of speech are protected by the First

To gain clicks and attract the attention of readers, publishers and authors have either taken quotes or actions out of context in order create enticing articles or cherry-picked evidence to match an article’s agenda. “Cherry picking” refers to the act of “only select[ing] evidence [that] is presented in order to persuade the audience to accept a position, and evidence that would go against the position is withheld” (Bennett). A very recent incident that perfectly illustrates the use of cherry picking and the extent that the media has gone to attract readers is shown through the article published on The Wall Street Journal “Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts” written by Rolfe Winkler, Jack Nicas, and Ben

Throughout a journalist’s career, it is probable that he or she experiences an ethical dilemma or two. It is the journalist’s job responsibility to do everything in his or her power to make the news as accurate and honest as possible. In the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, the main ethical issue that occurred was the KVWN Channel 4 News’ sudden rehiring of Ron Burgundy after he had been fired. Burgundy should not have been allowed to return because of the negative impact that he made on the audience after he said, “Go fuck yourself San Diego” at the end of a newscast.