Speak your thots out

Note: The 1st 2 lines of this posting is intentionally / dengan sengaja left blank to signify World Press Freedom day which falls on 3rd of May each year.
Very very soon I am assuming that GP students in Pre-U will come across the topics Media & Advertising. 1 of this topics sub-division is PRESS FREEDOM/freedom of speech.
What is actually freedom of speech? Yeah some people may assume that it means you can speak whatever you want without someone taking a musking tape to tape your mouth. Some people may say it means you can continue talking non-stop 247 unless you are 'out of tune'. Erm, its actually partly correctly the 1st definition while the 2nd make no sense at all. To better illustrate what it is let me give you an example
A bank robbery just occured some time ago. The person involved in this robbery let just call A. The reporter who was covering this robbery for a newspaper just call X. X goes to interview the police, the witness, the bank manager, etc to write this story. However there is a catch in this situation X found out that this A that is allegedly involved in the robbery is related to a very high ranking official in the country. What shall X do? If he write it as it is, his job maybe on the line but if he write the story in a biased way, he feels guilty to the people & the  newspaper readers. He decided to write it as it is and it got published without any omission of details. But what if he write the story as it is & the editor intervened by caning the story. This means there is a curtailment of press freedom. Ok maybe this example is too complicated to be understood. You shall understood after you had entered that topics in GP
The best way to show your thots is through blog. Yeah write your own blog! None can curtail your freedom of speech this way as internet is a world without borders unless you write on sensitive issues. That you may attract unwanted publicity from govt dept, media, etc. You can also improve your language skills in this way.
What is important is a story always have 2 sides never ever one sided. Its 1-sided because of the certain parties who didnt want people to know another side of the story. Seek for both sides of the story!
Have a great week & happy World Press Freedom day.
This blogger thinks that he write in a no-holds barred manner in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day for this posting. He feels sorry for journalists around the world who have to balance the needs of the newspaper owners as well as newspaper readers who seek for truth.
This blogger wonders that how come people always fight over wealth/money. How come people cant make friends with money rather than fight with money. In the end both parties may end up losing!