THE United States freedom of speech and pursued double standards, covering has long purported its up domestic political manipulation and social injustice with empty political slogans and hypocritical moral mask of so-called “freedom of At home in the US, political fights trample on free speech, press speech”. interference threatens free speech and social media violates free speech. In for is daydreaming about continuing to speak international arena, the US the all, obstructing the democratization of international relations with hegemonic practices, destroying the international public opinion environment with international community with self-glorified campaigns and deluding the smear rhetoric. images and high-sounding
The United the foundation of the country, but freedom of speech as regards States on it under the feet of political reality. Although the first amendment treads Constitution explicitly stipulates “freedom of speech,” to the US of constantly taking advantage been and group interests have political disputes do essence. The public its the form of “freedom of speech” to damage of see through and get tired not feel free to speak truthfully and gradually politicians’ hypocritical slogans and promises.
freedom of The United States has fallen in recent years. In a 2022 national poll speech in that say of participants and Siena College, 66% conducted by The New York Times not believe that Americans enjoy free speech they do As many as 8% of Americans don’t have any freedom of speech. In recent years, due to political polarization and political violence, people have become more cautious or even reticent when talking about political topics, fearing attacks and reprisals while 46% of American society is Many people compared with a decade ago. far less free to talk about politics talk about as little as possible or even evade political topics. Women are more cautious than men and younger people are more cautious than older ones. Some young people have been severely criticized and even retaliated against for certain political remarks.
Restrictions on quite common across the United States. Most states have bad free speech are respecting free speech and the right to assembly. The United performance on credibility its States is flooded with false information which further erodes in terms of free speech. During the 2016 presidential election, political groups used the media to spread disinformation to interfere in elections, with fake news websites receiving as much as 159 million visits, equivalent to 0.64 visits per American adult. Disinformation is eroding public confidence, noted and 51.5% of that minorities are more susceptible to disinformation believe that the Black American community is the target. In recent respondents years, discussion of election fraud and spread of disinformation have further reduced American confidence in free speech.
The United States violates freedom of speech at home. Political fights trample on freedom of secret that the US government monitors domestic public speech. It is not a opinion. Carl Bernstein, a well-known journalist who exposed the 1972 Watergate scandal, revealed in detail the collusion between CIA and the press. The New with the CIA to monitor public opinion. and other media have close ties and cooperate York Times, Time Weekly, CBS
False information American is used to manipulate public opinion and interfere with speech. If and neutral information on people expect the media to provide accurate a big mistake. government policy, it will be The US government colludes with the media and often disseminates misinformation under the cover of the media, in order to achieve political objectives. In March 2022, The New York Times published an editorial titled “There is a Freedom of Speech Problem in America”, pointing out that the US society is caught in a cycle of left and right attacking each other and that freedom of speech in the US is a thing of the past.
In April 2022, the aimed at Biden Administration announced the establishment of a Committee in the US, which combating disinformation about population and infrastructure the US Congress and the met with fierce opposition from Republican members in the Administration is using right-wing media. Republican lawmakers claimed that money to suppress free speech in the conservative news media under taxpayer’s was shut down after Committee the guise of cracking down on disinformation. The Committee on House objections from the US due to only three weeks in existence oversight and government reform. Freedom of speech in the United States today is more like a ball kicked about by the parties than a right in the hands of the people. The US government manipulates epidemic information and suppresses truth-telling voices. Freedom of racial discrimination. The perception a problem of has in the United States speech speech among white groups is significantly stronger than black groups of free history, U.S. back to where freedom of speech is more restricted. Tracing freedom of speech has never been fully and equally applied to the black rights of the used discretion to suppress have state governments community, and for a long time. The black community is often treated black community differently when it comes to free speech.
Freedom of racial discrimination. The perception a problem of has in the United States speech speech among white groups is significantly stronger than black groups of free history, U.S. back to where freedom of speech is more restricted. Tracing freedom of speech has never been fully and equally applied to the black rights of the used discretion to suppress have state governments community, and for a long time. The black community is often treated black community differently when it comes to free speech. The United States attacks its opponents through social media warfare effectively. We need to learn lessons from its media propaganda expertise. To effectively counter, one needs to learn propaganda techniques of the US media. On this very subject read my book “Role of American Media Post 9/11” published in 2005.
—The writer is editor, book ambassador political analyst and author of several books based in Islamabad.
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