8 As an audience, do you wonder when you can call an end to boring TV programs? As a citizen, do you ever ask yourself when you can see truth out of the cencored propaganda? As a parent, do you really think media cencorship is the best way to protect your children? As a journalist and media professional, do you long to be yourself in your career and shake off the censorship bridle? Sensing various kinds of censorship in the media, I really look forward to a day when we can say farewell to heavy censorship and enjoy a true air of freedome in TV and radio.
First, the direct victim of strict censorship is the TV and radio industry and the media professionals. When the TV channel is full of censored films, songs and even censored news, it alienates its audience and leads itself to deterioration. Censorship is usually out of political, cultural, and commercial consideration. Whether the intent is to make the programs more decent, to protect the government, to avoid cultural conflict, or to please invested interest, censorship harms the media more than it serves. One good example is the journalists whose work is continuously censored either turn stereotype and no longer creative, or choose to leave the profession to maintain personal integrity. Regret enough, usually the later group is consisted of the most talanted professionals. Second, citizens can not get true enjoyment from censored entertainment programs because some censorship either declares certain works as prohibited, or simply cut out offensive contents. By doing so, the movies are made unrealistic and not interesting. Neither can citizens expect the cencored news to reveal the truth. It is extremely ridiculous to see one tone from different minds due to cencorship or so-called orientation. The news, bearing a ready bias and perspective by the cencorship, fails to be informative. Due to above mentioned negative effects, I strongly oppose cencorship. I know some people will raise objection by the question "how about children". It is true that any responsible parents would hate to have their children exposed to programs containing nudity, sex, violence, war, strong language and drugs, etc.. But some rating system or label with parental advisory will help to protect children. After all, it is the partents who are responsible to decide what their children view, not the TV or radio station. A critic made it very clear by saying :" If you find some TV programs offensive, don't watch them. Nothing will kill TV program faster than low ratings or boycott." In conclusion, I opine that little or no censorship will leave the TV and radio industry embrace freedom, creativity, integrity and social responsibility; It wil build up mature audiences with good judgment and give them more pleasure in enjoying diversity. Having all these benefits in mind, would you still say censorship is necessary?
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