notes

Censorship: What authority do school officials have to control the content of high school student media?



The First Amendment- Religion, speech, assembly, petition







Public vs. Private Schools



public schools have more freedoms than private schools.







1969 Tinker vs. Des Monies Independent Community District- Improved freedom in school.







Unlawful speech,and Physically disruptive speech.







1986 The Fraser Standard-Inappropriate speech for class president. Steven Fraser makes sexual references in his speech for class president.





If you have a speech that goes against the curriculum of the school the school can censor it.


Is the speech biased or prejudiced, unsuitable, immature.



Morse vs. Frederick( June 24,2007 ) Olympic torche travels through the town, Principal cancles school, seniors hold up a sign hasy " Bong hits 4 Jesus", students for 10 days



Sites are offensive, obnoxiuos and insulting

sites are offensive, obnoxious, and insulting, or voilent

Slander/Liable: something false that you say about someone that severly hurts someones reputation

The catch- knowing something is true and being able to prove something is true are two diffrent thing.
Red Flags: Sexual misconduct, laothsome diseases, lying, academic problems, Racial/religous/ehtnic bigotry, accusations of illegal activitys.

Acting Responsable- Get reliable sources, accurate notes, documents, talk to all the sides, be open minded, never publish a story if you have doubt in the truth of your story.