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The News Media: When is enough, enough?

The News Media: When is enough, enough?
The headline reads: 27 killed by 13 year-old at middle school in Smallville, USA. No, this did not happen, but similar headlines are not uncommon. Once something like this happens in America, we see an onslaught of media coverage which shows all the horror and drama of the incident. Before the night is over we know who did it, how it was done, and on occasion we even find out why it happened. The news media is in a feeding frenzy, trying to get more "scoops" of information to report. With all the information that the news media digs up and reports on various criminal investigations, you have to wonder if the news media is out of control and acting irresponsibly, or if it is effectively exercising its constitutional rights to freedom of the press.
The First Amendment
The First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise......

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