The recent news that Bush illegally spied on americans and suppressed the release of the facts by instilling fear of loss of national security. A national security the is in no way guarantee by Bush and his policies. The media and the general public have become so reluctant to speak out that the actions necessary to truly resolve the issues of civil rights and true national security in the nation’s best interest are never taken. Even discussions amongst the public have been repressed by fear of negative reactions of their fellow citizens. Bush has so divided the country that the public have artificially held the country together by not arguing over the opposing viewpoints. Everywhere there is a reluctance to talk about politics, fear of open debate has created a atmosphere of distrust between people.
The nature of a truly free press is to stimulate discussions. Something that has been missing since the so called free press has been controlled by commercial interests. Commercial interests that believe that the current administration is better for business than it’s alternative. And so long at the free press fails in it’s responsibility to inform the public. There will be no freedom to discuss the issues in public. And the american people will not really feel a ‘Freedom of Speach’ really rings true.