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The curriculum, Media and American Democracy, was made possible by a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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5 units/15 lessons with activities and extensions challenges learners to apply, analyze and evaluate the First Amendment. Equal Time Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Lesson Overview Back of the Book Resources Objectives Answer Key (155-164) Critical Engagement Question Glossary (166-171) Landmark Cases (172-174) Lesson Media Milestones (175-176) Homework Historical Journalistic Code of Ethics (177) Context Lesson Plan Website Eval. Template (179-180) Handouts
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What kind of speech receives the highest level of protection under the Constitution?
1. Symbolic speech
2. Religious speech 3. Political speech 4. True speech 5. Not sure
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Hodding Carter, President and CEO John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
What would like to see the media do that you feel they are not?
YOUR views!
Question #6 (Pg. 11)
What can the media do to increase citizens confidence in their reporting?
With which expert do you most agree? Disagree?
Are journalists who withhold information from officials preserving the freedom of the press, or are they obstructing justice?
YOUR views!
Question #7 (Pg. 12)
Are journalists who withhold information from officials preserving the freedom of the press, or are they obstructing justice?
With which expert do you most agree? Disagree?
Where is the line between freedom of the press and obstruction of justice?
Nearly 40% of Americans had a high degree of trust in television news and newspapers in 2000.
. . .were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." -Thomas Jefferson, 1792
CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT QUESTION What responsibilities do citizens have to discern fact from fiction in political debate? (p. 39) What is the difference between a political ad and a political news report? (p. 40 Homework)
Objectives
understand the First Amendments protection of political speech. understand the Founders reasons for affording political speech the highest protection. understand ways journalists and all citizens can improve the accuracy of reporting. analyze journalists role as mediators between political candidates and the public. appreciate their responsibility as citizens to distinguish fact from fiction in political advertising.
Laws protecting consumers against false and misleading advertising are constitutional.
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There are no federal laws against false advertising for political candidates.
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Political speech is guaranteed the highest level of protection under the First Amendment.
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A TV station manager cannot refuse to air ads from political candidates if he knows the claims in the ads are false.
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A candidate for political office can legally make false statements about her opponent during an election.
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p. 165 THE FIRST AMENDMENT Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press
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When a nation is at war, many things that might be said in time of peace are [not] protected by any constitutional right.
Does the government have the constitutional power to prevent the publication of this information?
What are some arguments for and against publishing? Does/should the government have the power to prevent the publication of such info.?
Is the fact that information, though true, might decrease support for a war a constitutional reason to prevent the media from publishing it?
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If the information might increase the possibility of Americans being killed, should it be published?
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