When World War I began Many Americans were against the idea of joining a brutal war that was on another continent, and had nothing to do with us. Initially the government appeared to agree with this, and the US was kept out of the war for the first 3 years. However when Woodrow Wilson was elected as president, this changed. Not only did he officially declare that the United States would enter the war, but he also saw Congress enact the Espionage Act, which made it illegal for anyone to speak out against the war. This was a clear violation of the First Amendment, yet thousands were arrested under this act. While the act luckily isn't in affect anymore, this silencing on anti-war voices from the government still happens today.
There are currently multiple websites that speak against war, including antiwar.com and theamericanconservative.com. The articles on these cites talk about the ongoing wars across the world, and how harmful they truly are. One such article discusses how the United States has been pushing the war in Ukraine to continue, and that the government is actively spreading a false narrative to the media so that the war appears justified. But despite there being so many cites talking about current wars, they never become big enough to become mass media in the United States. This seems to be a form of censorship on the part of the government. While the government can't legally silence them for stating their opinions, they can take steps to make sure that they are swept under the rug. Major news sources don't discuss any sort of anti-war sentiments, only discussing the matter if they were the subject in a known protest. These bigger news sources are the ones the government highlights to the public, covering up the lesser known sources that have different opinions.Our media is much more censored than people tend to realize. The sources that stay aligned with what the government wants people to hear are the ones that will be shown to the public. Those who don't, such as anti-war based websites, will be more covered up from the public eye. People who want to see these sources need to go out of their way to discover them, as opposed to the larger ones who are right there for us all to see.
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