Term Paper 4 - Legal Constraints on International Journalists
Hannah Diffee Professor Reppert Introduction to Mass Communication Dec. 2022 Term Paper 4 - Legal Constraints on International Journalists Growing up in a country where our rights to free speech are protected under the Constitution, it is distressing to realize that so many people in countries around the world are not guaranteed these same rights. The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads "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." Journalists in the United States and other free countries have the ability to report on whatever issues they want. Even people known as whistleblowers who report on scandals within governments or other organizations retain their rights to freedom of the press. While we as citizens are free to s...
