They include the «chilling effects»
of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three
out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points
of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups
of book banning and censorship
of textbooks, the rout
of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles
of fairness and
equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat
of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor
of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.