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Formal Controls: Laws, Rules, Regulations
Chapter 16
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CHAPTER OUTLINE
• The Press, The Law, and the Courts • Protecting News Sources
• Covering the Courts
• Reporters’ Access to Information • Defamation
• Invasion of Privacy • Copyright
• Obscenity and Pornography • Regulating Broadcasting
• Regulating Cable TV
• The Telecommunications Act of 1996 • Regulating Advertising
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THE PRESS, THE LAW, AND THE COURTS
• Formal controls over the media include laws, court decisions, and governmental regulations
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A Free Press
• The First Amendment of the Constitution – “Congress shall make no law . . . Abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press.”
– It sounds simple, but the meaning has long been debated.
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Prior Restraint
• Government attempts at censorship before something is printed or broadcast
• Prior restraint is rare, but the First Amendment is not absolute
– The Near Case
– The Pentagon Papers – More Recent Cases
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