Which Way, L.A.?
Can books, movies or the Internet kill?
The American public may be having second thoughts about free speech. A new poll shows that while most Americans favor free speech, just over 50 percent believe the First Amendment should not protect offensive information, like the posting of bomb-making instructions on the Internet. Joe Lieberman seems to touch a cord with many Americans by calling on the entertainment industry to draw some lines and stop some of the violence, sex and incivility. What-s happening to the First Amendment? Are the courts and the court of public opinion telling us we-ve had enough? On Reporter's Notebook, new hate crimes numbers fly in the face of the latest hate crimes theories?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe American public may be having second thoughts about free speech. A new poll shows that while most Americans favor free speech, just over 50 percent believe the First Amendment should not protect offensive information, like the posting of bomb-making instructions on the Internet.
Joe Lieberman seems to touch a cord with many Americans by calling on the entertainment industry to draw some lines and stop some of the violence, sex and incivility.
What-s happening to the First Amendment? Are the courts and the court of public opinion telling us we-ve had enough?
On Reporter's Notebook, new hate crimes numbers fly in the face of the latest hate crimes theories?
