News+Broadcaster

 What's Your Censorship IQ?
 * News Broadcaster **
 * Task 1: ** Take the censorship quiz at the following site. Write down your score on your response sheet.

Censorship of War News Undermines Public Trust 1. When was this article written? Why is this important to know? 2. What are the reasons for keeping the media "at arms length" during the war? 3. What is one of the author's arguments against censorship of war news?
 * Task 2: ** Visit the websites below and answer the questions that follow on your response sheet.

Her Beautiful Mind 4. What did Barbara Bush say about not seeing body bags and coffins? What is your reaction to this statement? 5. Why did some "conservatives [decide] that the [Vietnam] war was lost because of television? 6. What might these photos represent?

About Project Censored 7. What three reasons does this organization suggest cause media censorship? 8. Who runs this website? How are stories gathered?

9. (This question applies to all of the above). As a news broadcaster, how hard would you fight to get news on the air that might otherwise go unnoticed? How hard would you fight if that news was true, but detrimental to the efforts of the United States overseas? Explain.