I'm writing a Research Paper on the the freedom of press for anti-American media?

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So far, the only example I have to argue is the corporate refusal to sign Al Jazeera in America because it is an anti-American news network, in addition to supposedly being terrorist funded.

I'm thinking that someone older than my 19 years may be able to tell me an example in the past, perhaps during one of the 20th century wars, where the government tried to limit the presses with anti-America agendas.

I'm just looking for ideas, as I've got 11/40 sources and no clue what else to investigate.
 
Responding from outside the USA (Brtain) I suspect that there is no US govt dept acting as censor on the media there; it is rather, I think, a matter of Corporate pressure put upon independents by Sponsors.
You have no independents, I think, in the way that the British Broadcasting Corporation exists (free - entirely free - from influences such as government, churches, or commercial sponsors.)

You mention times of war; yes, I believe that all governments dictate policy in such emergencies and that all broadcasters co-operate out of patriotism.

Corporate sponsors want the maximum number of viewers or listeners to see and hear their advertising and that is what makes the content of their programmes so banal. "Anti-American" criticism of any kind is banned. Even the mildest sort of criticism chips away at the false image of the "American Way of Life Is Best".

Al Jazeera reports for untold millions of Muslims and Arabs; the unending criticism of those peoples emanating presently from the USA is quite simply bound to engender Anti Americanism.

On my visits to the USA (10) the only half-decent radio station I found was PBR, which is poorly funded. Why do your Universities not combine to set up a truly intelligent TV and Radio system?
 
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