Blog 10-Media Ethics

The case of Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier was about censoring information and articles in a high school newspaper.In this case, the articles talked about teen pregnancy and two kids from their school being pregnant. According to the students who wrote this article, they felt it was a violation of the first amendment due to freedom of speech. They believed censorship is not allowed under these premises. The court's decision was for the school and not the students because they stated that school's moral code should be followed when writing school news articles. I don't agree with this because students don't get a chance to express their voice. For example, if the student wanted to say something anti-christian and school's moral code stated that students should agree with christian views, it isn't fair to the student. This is my opinion on this case.