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Published: 02.12.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Censorship: Good and Bad', 1.
Extract

When someone thinks of censorship, some might think about the government trying to hide information from the public. Others might think of books and literature that has been censored because of "offensive material". Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.
A good example of censorship is this, the country is at war, and they are planning an attack on their enemy. The media present has no right to know how or when the military will strike, and we the public have no right to know it either. If the media were to get their hands on the information, that would mean it would be broadcast on the news for everyone to see, and when the enemy turns on their TV and knows what were about to do, they can counter it and kill our forces. …

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