There Are Many People Who Believe That Televisions and Radio Programs Should Be Censored for Offensive and Obscene Language and Behavior. Others Believe That Citizens Should Have the Right of Free Speech and Thus

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Whether to censor TV or radio programs is a controversial and debatable topic in many countries. From my own experience and observation, I tend to agree that television and radio programs need to be carefully censored for offensive language and behavior. If such television and radio programs are broadcasted, children may be exposed to those improper materials. Since children are vulnerable to new concepts and values instilled to them, they blindly imitate the behaviors and wordings in the programs. Therefore, it is necessary to impose censorships to filter those materials to prevent children be exposed to them. Critics may argue that such policy may violate the right of free speech as the mass media should be not constrained for the content that they published. Moreover, politicians may abuse the authority of censorship for the benefit of their own party. For example, some programs may be prohibited for broadcasting because it involves content not conforming to the stance of the party. Once the censorship is mingled with political issues, citizen’s freedom of speech may be challenged. To strike a balance between the pros and cons, a transparent and fair mechanism of censorship should be adopted so that only those improper materials will be filtered. The government should collect public opinions about the mechanism of censorship to understand whether the citizens are satisfied with it or not. Besides, alternative solutions may be considered. For example, those programs which contain offensive materials may arranged to the mid-night and broadcasted with cautions attached the title. Another way is that the programs can be published to web but only accessible by the adult members. To conclude, it will be justifiable in case that the censorship is imposed for the sake of the audience, especially children. However, a sound mechanism of censorship will be necessary

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