Antiwar Websites. Why don't we hear about them?

Censorship in the United States is not something new for us. When you watch films or tv there are certain things that can and can't be said on national television. This also goes for the news as well. Mainstream news outlets have a biased opinion and censor a lot of their media coverage. In our First Amendment Rights it is stated that we are allowed free speech and free press, but even that has some limitations. We are not allowed to say anything that is obscene, threatens national security in a war time, threatens violence, if it is a government burden, and causes immediate and irreparable harm. In simple terms we can yell fire when there is no fire, you can not threaten to hurt people, and you have limits on what you can say about a war going on. I find this interesting because the basis the creation of our government started with a war, people should be able to speak their minds about an event that effects everyone. 

Some great examples of the media coverage being censored was the Vietnam war. While searching on Antiwar.com I found a great article by Martin Luther King titled "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam". In this article MLK preaches why he believes that this war is "unjust, evil, and futile," (King, 1967). Throughout his whole sermon he talks about how it is conflicts with his personal moral values and how the war is doing more damage than good to both nations involved. Many people tried to silence MLK because America has always been a very "patriotic country" and with that comes the military, the American flag, and the pride of being an American. However, with MLK voicing his opinions about how harmful this war is, it does not aid in the "Uncle Sam Needs You" narrative that the united states was trying to push in order to have more soldiers fight in this grueling war.

Relating all of this back to today I feel that media coverage that is considered "sensitive" like the war with Afghanistan for example is not talked about because the United States government knows many people would be opposed to what they are doing and would once again create a sense of "anti-patriotism" just because people do not like constantly being at war. I believe these websites are a good way to hear all sides of war coverage because so much is already kept from us. 

Sources:
https://original.antiwar.com/martin_luther_king/2017/01/15/why-i-am-opposed-to-the-war-in-vietnam/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/learning/lesson-plans/teaching-the-vietnam-war-with-primary-sources-from-the-new-york-times.html