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student journalists like me deserve protection (opinion) - cnn

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Student journalists like me deserve protection

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Neha Madhira writes that across America many student journalists -- as well as their advisers -- currently lack protection from censorship. Legislation that establishes and safeguards those protections is essential, she says.

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This 2006 political cartoon by David Horsey (found on the Facts.com/Issues and Controversies database online) confirms my thesis. The image speaks for itself. How much do we hear about Britney Spears (with her increasing health and familial problems) compared to news from Iraq? It is frighteningly unbalanced. Even with attention given to the 2008 election as American picks its next president (and politicians and pundits alike bring up the War in Iraq, among other hot topics related to America's future), little will change when it comes to the country's fixation with tabloid journalism. Has it become a permanent replacement for news?

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Modern American Journalism: A Cartoonist's Viewpoint

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This 2006 political cartoon by David Horsey (found on the Facts.com/Issues and Controversies database online) confirms my thesis. The image speaks for itself. How much do we hear about Britney Spears (with her increasing health and familial problems) compared to news from Iraq? It is frighteningly unbalanced.

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States want to change APUSH test to talk about "American Exceptionalism"

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Censorship in education has been an ongoing problem since there has been an educational system. For decades opposing parties (parents, politicians, educators, and textbook authors) have argued on what should and what shouldn't go into a textbook and what should be taught to the young impressionable minds that will be reading them.

Earlier this year the Oklahoma legislative committee voted to cut funding for Advanced Placement United States History (APUSH) because it emphasizes "what is bad about America" and does not talk about "American exceptionalism". Oklahoma is not the only state proposing such bills in legislative committee, Georgia is also threatening to cut funding for APUSH if College Board does not revise the exam. The APUSH College Board exam has also sparked major controversy in three other states (North Carolina, Texas, and South Carolina) . This kind of mass censorship of true American history will have ramifications that will effect generations to come, because the kids of today are the leaders, presidents, educators, and workforce of the future.

In 2010 the Texas Board of Education removed Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence from the list of significant revolutionary figures because of his insistence on the separation of Church and State but was quickly added back to the list after public disdain. It's the fact they voted the Father of the Declaration of Independence out of a list of significant revolutionary figures that is important. Also in Texas almost all public schools were teaching Abstinence-only sex education, refusing to teach any other way to educate children about sex.

This is not the first time in recent history that there has been battles over what to teach in schools, in 1925 there was a major legal and and social battle over teaching Evolution in the science classroom. The Scopes (Monkey) Trial was challenging a Tennessee law that made it illegal to teach evolution or any other theory denying the biblical creation of man. The defendant 24 year old Tenn. Public School teacher John Scopes who was arrested and tried for including evolution in his curriculum. At the end of the Trial the jury found Scopes guilty and fined him $100 dollars and the law would stand for another 42 years. This shows that some lawmakers and communities are perfectly fine with mass censorship for decades at a time.

Censorship in the educational system is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately. If not it will have abhorrent consequences that we will feel for decades to come, the TRUTH should be taught in our schools even if it is not "politically correct", Censorship in the Educational system breeds ignorance. Ignorance that will effect each and every one of us in the long run.

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What is the TRUTH

How do I narrow that down to one specific point

Sources:

Hartmann, Margaret. Why Oklahoma Lawmakers Voted to Ban AP U.S. History. New York: New York News & Politics, 2015. Article

PBS. Scopes Trial. Boston, MA: PBS.org, 2001. Article

Braunschweig. It ain't necessarily so. London: The Economist, 2012. Article

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Censorship in education has been an ongoing problem since there has been an educational system. For decades opposing parties (parents, politicians, educators, and textbook authors) have argued on what should and what shouldn't go into a textbook and what should be taught to the young impressionable minds that will be reading them.

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Political Cartoon; Anything For a Buck | Chinese Internet Censorship

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Political Cartoon; Anything For a Buck on Chinese Internet Censorship curated by Jessica M Fisher

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China's 'social credit' system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy

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Chinese people are being introduced to a program that monitors their behavior, scores them, and doles out punishments and rewards.

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Should Trump be allowed to insult people in public as a leader of a powerful nation?

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Should Trump be allowed to insult people in public as a leader of a powerful nation?

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LeBron James speaking at the opening ceremony for the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, which is a partnership between his philanthropic foundation and the city's public schools to serve at-risk children. President Trump took aim at Mr. James and Don Lemon, the CNN anchor, on Twitter. Credit Credit Phil Long/Associated Press

President Trump lashed out at the basketball star LeBron James in a scathing attack on Twitter on Friday night after Mr. James criticized the president in an interview on CNN.

In a wide-ranging interview with Don Lemon, an anchor on CNN, Mr. James spoke about a school for at-risk children that he recently helped open in his hometown, Akron, Ohio, in a partnership between his philanthropic foundation and the city's public schools. During the interview on Monday, he also said Mr. Trump was using sports to divide the country.

The interview was aired again on Friday night, and Mr. Trump responded on Twitter shortly after, insulting Mr. James's intelligence and that of Mr. Lemon.

"Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon," Mr. Trump wrote. "He made Lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. I like Mike!"

The reference to "Mike" appeared to be Mr. Trump's way of taking sides in the debate over who is the greatest basketball player of all time: Mr. James or Michael Jordan.

Through a representative, Mr. Jordan told reporters: "I support L.J. He's doing an amazing job for his community."

Mr. Trump has often heralded his own I.Q. and has questioned the intelligence of others, including Jon Stewart and George W. Bush.

His tweet about Mr. James and Mr. Lemon came days after he declared at a campaign rally that Representative Maxine Waters of California, a Democrat who is black, had a "very low I.Q."

The latest attacks, directed at prominent black people, appeared to widen the racial divide that Mr. James spoke about on CNN.

"I would like to know why he considers these two successful black men 'dumb,'" Torrey Smith, a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, said on Twitter. "I know why."

Mr. Trump made his comment a day before a scheduled appearance on Saturday night in Ohio - home of the Cleveland Cavaliers and many LeBron James fans - to campaign for Troy Balderson, a state senator who is running in a special election for the House of Representatives.

Mr. Lemon came to Mr. James's defense on Saturday morning, tweeting: "Who's the real dummy? A man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages?" He added the hashtag #BeBest, a reference to an initiative by the first lady, Melania Trump, that aims to help children.

Stephanie Grisham, Ms. Trump's communications director, said in a statement: "It looks like LeBron James is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation and just as she always has, the first lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today."

Ms. Grisham added that Ms. Trump would be open to visiting Mr. James's new school in Akron.

During the CNN interview, Mr. James said conversations about race had "taken over" in part because "our president is kind of trying to divide us." "Kind of?" Mr. Lemon said, followed by a chuckle.

"He is," Mr. James said. "He's dividing us."

Mr. James said his involvement in sports was the first time "I ever was around someone white," adding, "And I got an opportunity to see them and learn about them and they got an opportunity to learn about me, and we became very good friends."

Mr. James has been critical of the president in the past. Last September he called Mr. Trump a "bum" after the president appeared to disinvite the N.B.A. championship-winning Golden State Warriors from a traditional White House visit because one of their stars, Stephen Curry, criticized Mr. Trump.

"U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going!" Mr. James wrote on Twitter. "So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!"

In June, before Mr. James left the Cavaliers for the Los Angeles Lakers, Mr. Curry and Mr. James united during the N.B.A. finals to say that they would boycott the White House.

"I know whoever wins this series, no one wants an invite," Mr. James said at the time. Afterward, Mr. Trump announced that neither team was invited.

On Monday, the same day as the CNN interview, Mr. James told ESPN that he felt compelled to speak out about the Trump administration.

"For someone to try to divide us by using our platform of sport?" he said. "Sport has given me everything I could ever ask for. I couldn't let that happen."

Mr. Trump's tweet on Saturday was swiftly condemned by many on social media, including Dan Rather, the former CBS News anchor, who said the president's words were racist.

"This is apparently what the President of the United States feels the need to share with the world at what should be long past his bedtime? It's a disgrace. It's racist. And it's the product of petty but dangerous hatreds," Mr. Rather wrote. "I repeat this is the PRESIDENT??!?"

Numerous current and former N.B.A. players also denounced the president's tweet.

As of Saturday morning, Mr. James remained silent on the matter.

By late Saturday morning, the president had moved on, and was wishing the Coast Guard a happy birthday on Twitter.

A version of this article appears in print on , on Page SP5 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump, Answering Rebuke in TV Interview, Mocks James's Intelligence. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe

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Trump Mocks LeBron James's Intelligence and Calls Don Lemon 'Dumbest Man' on TV

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President Trump lashed out at the basketball star LeBron James in a scathing attack on Twitter on Friday night after Mr. James criticized the president in an interview on CNN.

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Propaganda in American Film - How the government censors films that do not fit to their liking

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Propaganda in American Film - How the government censors films that do not fit to their liking

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Hollywood Warfare: How the Pentagon Censors the Movies