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IN FRATERNAM MEAM
Monday, July 05, 2004
FREE SPEECH: DO AMERICANS REALLY BELIEVE IN IT?
" 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".

(The first ammendments of the Bill of Rights, U.S. CONGRESS)


A TRIBUNE POLL ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT (FREEDOM OF SPEECH)


****Should groups opposed to the war be allowed to demonstrate and protest against the war?

Eighty four percent (84 percent) said Y E S
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****Should the government impose restrictions on information and content that appears on the Internet?

Fifty two percent (52 percent ) said Y E S
(38 pct NO/ 7 pct Don't Know / 3 pct Unfamiliar w/Internet)
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****Should the government restrict violence and sexual content that appears on cable TV?

Fifty five percent (55 percent ) said Y E S
(40 pct NO / 5 pct Don't Know / 1 pct Unfamiliar with Cable Tv)
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****Should radio personalities who use implicit or explicit sexual expressions be allowed on the air?

Sixty four percent (64 percent) said N O
(30 pct YES / 5 pct Don't Know)
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****Do you approve of heavy FCC fines of radio stations due to broadcasts they considered indecent?

Fifty eight percent (58 percent) said Y E S
(33 pct NO / 9 pct Don't Know)
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**** Should thereis restrictions on the extent of news coverage of the war on Iraq?

Sixty percent (60 percent) said N O
(33 pct Yes/4 pct Don't Know/4 pct N O even life are endangered)
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****Should there have been restrictions on the extent of news coverage of Iraqi prisoner abuse?

Eighty four percent (84 percent ) said Y E S
(13 pct No / 3 pct Don't Know)

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****Do you think the Patriot Act goes too far, nat far enough, or is it about right?

Fourty One percent (41 percent) said TOO FAR
(39 pct about right/ 12 pct Not Enough / 8 pct Don't Know)
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****Should group advocating overthrow of the government and how to do so be allowed to make their views known?

Fifty six percent (56 percent ) said Y E S
(37 pct No / 7 pct Don't Know )
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***Should the media be allowed to publish or broadcast news stories that suggest war is not going well?

Seventy five percent (75 percent) said Y E S
(20pct N o / 5 pct Don't Know)
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****Should the media be allowed to publish or broadcast editorial opinions critical of how the war is being handled?

Seventy six percent (76 percent) said Y E S
(20 pct No / 4 pct Don't Know)
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**** Does the First Amendments go too far in guaranteeing rights to free expression or is it just about right?

Sixty four percent (64 percent ) said ABOUT RIGHT
(23 pct Too Far / 5 pct Not Enough / 9 pct Don't Know)
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(abstracted from Chicago Tribune "Perspective")
posted by infraternam meam @ 3:18 AM  
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