Discussion question yellow journalism and terrorist

Discussion Question-Yellow Journalism and Terrorist
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Constitutional Protection of the Press Freedom, Yellow Journalism, and the Terrorist Effects
According to Freedom House (2015), the U.S holds a vast press landscape and legal protection that is strong on the expression freedoms of the press. Some developments have placed the journalists under pressure in the recent past, and the most severe challenge has been from the tensions between the freedom of the press and the United States national security and the methods to mage terrorism efforts (Freedom House, 2016). There has been surveillance on the journalists, and the state is coercing the reporters to reveal the origin of information that leaks protect yellow media or the “fake news.” The U.S has a robust legal system that protects the media independence with Constitutional amendments provides the freedoms and of speech to the press. The fundamental rights of the media as spelt out in the constitution have always been under pressure, and the independent court systems have been offering to rule meant to protect and expand the rights enjoyed by journalists to be free from the government control (Freedom House, 2016).
The state of the yellow media journalism is not a modern phenomenon. Terrorists are not also new. The U.S has experienced mass terrorism in the past that prompted the country to start a possible discussion on terrorism shaped by the media (Epkins, 2011). The means to stop terrorism in the world was important.

Given the Constitutional protection discussed, the American media has followed the terror war that has seen the press as a contributor to the social definitions and the meanings of terrorism. Despite the many years of experience in the covering of terrorist activities, the journalists get accused of being so much identification with the US writers who define the terror attacks. Terrorism media coverage has increased and brought new methods in the journalism profession (Epkins, 2011). There has been an increase in the attaining information that relates to the national security. New duties have been developing on terror-related information coverage from an internal point of view as with the journalists hired by media to seek out and distribute information to the public on matters that pertain to national security and terror attacks. The media covers a wide area of topics such as the terrorism attempts, methods to counter terrorism, intelligence to the state. They are also responsible for military action and embracing coverage on the state’s agencies that manage national security issues (Epkins, 2011).
References
Epkins, H. D. (2011). MEDIA FRAMING OF TERRORISM: VIEWS OF “FRONT LINES” NATIONAL SECURITY PRESTIGE PRESS. 1-179. Retrieved September 18, 2018, from https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/11446/Epkins_umd_0117E_11895.pdf;sequence=1.
Freedom House. (2016, December 01). The United States. Retrieved September 18, 2018, from https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/united-states