Censorship is self-contradictory. It had its role to consider but at the same time, it must think about the consequences of censoring media.
I feel that censorship is necessary as there will be negative influence by the free media. For example advertisements on drugs might influence teenagers to gain interest in sniffing glue. Shows which contains violence scenes might change a person's character for the worse. Thus, moral values will be tarnished. Religious information shown will offend many groups of people, resulting in chaos. In my opinion, censorship is able to protect general audience as well as national security. Censorship is able to prevent conflicts from happening.
However, censorship can be unnecessary too. Without censorship, audience can learn more as horizons broaden. Moreover, they deserve the right to know the truth of everything. Early exposure might not be a bad thing afterall. It can be used to educate the young and preventing accidents from happening due to ignorance. Censoring might cause people to be paranoid and sensitive on certain issues.

In conclusion, I feel that censorship is necessary as people will be able to get alot of negative messages from the media in which they might follow after it. Although there will be more learning without censorship, some things should still be taught through an adult's guidance such as sex.

Only after reading the article, I get to see the big and real picture of the situation in Iraq.. As an audience, I felt betrayed by the media. I always thought that USA was trying to help Iraq to recover from war and USA soldiers were even sacrificed during the process. USA is always portrayed as the "Big Brother", helping other smaller countries. Never did we know that it was not the truth at all. What we see from the news is just a medium used to "glorify" the USA.
In my opinion, the reason why the media behaves like this is because of the great influence of USA. They knew USA could not be offended as it will bring major consequences such as mass attacks.Thus, they can only choose the safer way out. That is to support USA.
Moreover, the media might be afraid to stir up people's feelings which might inflict trouble and caused social instability. Thus, they do not want to bear the responsibility for it and chose to remain "silent".
However, this situation must not go on forever as truths and falsehoods might not be portrayed correctly. The righteous will never get their innocence back. Media will then serve as a propaganda tool for a so-called "democratic" based world.