Print media censorship is wrong Print media is undeniably a very powerful source used to communicate. It can be used for both bad and good purposes. It can be used to inform the world of important events or to publish senseless pornography and tabloids. Should the government be allowed to regulate what people can and cannot post? Newspapers and forms of reading material are one of the largest forms of news we use today. Every morning people can get out of bed, go out and grab a piece of paper that informs them of important events that are occurring around the world. However there is some published information that we never hear about. The United States government as well as several private print distributors have censored several forms of printed information. Violence in the media has become a major problem for many politicians and national leaders. They believe there are some topics that should not be allowed to be talked about. To control this violence, politicians and private distributors have set unconstitutional standards on media types, censored some materials, and banned several books due to their personal or moral beliefs. There have been several types of media that have been banned from distribution in the United States. States. Books expressing opinions contrary to the norm were banned. The publication of magazines and articles promoting lifestyles considered unethical or immoral has been prevented. Is this right? Should the government be allowed to control what we learn and what we read? As a free citizen of the United States I believe this is unconstitutional. When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they based their ideas on the o... half of the paper... different from those of the general public and it is not our responsibility to pressure them by silencing what they say. The written word is humanity's oldest recorded form of information. It allowed us to discover our culture and learn about past events and ideas. The printed word has become a powerful source of global communication. It's not our responsibility to slow it down. As Thomas Jefferson, one of our Founding Fathers, once said, "If the book be false in its facts, refute them; if it be false in its reasonings, refute it. But for the love of God, let us freely hear both sides." Cited http://www.xnet.com/~paigeone/noevil/chapultepec.htmlRichardson, Terry, "Media in Modern Times": Allyn and Bacon Publishing: New York 1993Callahan, Sidney. “What we see, we do: violence and the media.” Commonwealth. 1996.