22/10/2025
The current ongoing acts of censorship in journalism are something that has not only gone against the First Amendment, but has affected journalists across the country, including aspiring student journalists like those here at City College.
In just a span of a month journalists and media organizations have been faced with multiple forms of attempted censorship from fiscal restrictions to the implementation of certain rules for coverage.
From Sept. 17 to Sept. 22, television host Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air due to remarks made about President Donald Trump regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. On Oct. 15, reporters returned their access badges to the Pentagon after a policy release that, according to the Los Angeles Times, “would force journalists and media organizations to refrain from publishing any material that is not approved by the military.”
Censorship in the United States is not new and has been around for years. During World War I the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 were implemented to silence any criticism of the war. In the 1950s, McCarthyism led to self-censorship over fear of being associated with communist efforts against the U.S.
However, now it feels more like a physical enactment where one is taken off air or stricter laws have been attempted to be enacted compared to a verbal implementation of softer censorship despite having the First Amendment.
Read the more of the editorial at www.thechannels.org
✍️ by Editorial Board
Illustration by Viviana Ruiz, Editor-In-Chief
