The Importance Of First Amendment RST

First Amendment RST
False or private information and breaking policies are just some of the ingredients in getting your freedom restricted. When does the government really have the right to restrict people’s freedom? A government has the right to restrict people’s freedoms when they publish false or private information when someone’s safety comes into question and when they encourage actions that will disrupt people.
Publishing false or private information is not constitutionally protected by the first amendment. There are limits to publishing information on a popular news article or paper, “First, journalists are not allowed to knowingly print false information about someone—that’s called libel.” (Anastasia) . This shows that journalists cannot publish false information. If a journalist publishes false or private information he or she risks getting a lawsuit. Journalists can publish in any point of view they would like; whether it is biased or not. In an interview Lata Nott of the First Amendment Center at the Newseum Institute states,“The profession also has a history of self-policing to maintain fair and accurate reporting standards—such as

In the video Free Speech And Its Limits it states “You don’t have the First Amendment right to use fighting words -- statements that are likely to provoke a violent reaction.” (Smith) The use of fighting words can lead to someone getting hurt. One of which is face to face insults involving profanity or ethnic slurs that are not allowed. “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire, once said late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.”(Anastasia) Falsely yelling fire in a public place can cause someone to get hurt. Someone might get so terrified that it leads them to having a heart attack. Someone falsely shouting fire, even as a joke can get arrested or freedom