- Good, thought provoking paper I have elected to write an essay dealing with not just a news event, but an action that can highly influence the news we see and hear. The action is known as 'shield laws.' These are codes that enable the media to tell us information, but not where the data came from. I stand very firmly on the belief that enabling persons to stay anonymous (especially in the judicial system) …showed first 75 words of 607 total…

…showed last 75 words of 607 total…to the under-construction information super-highway. In some regards, the media has become too large for any good. It dictates our lives from what cologne (or perfume) we wear, to what the idealistic person is supposed to be. By deciding 'shield laws' unconstitutional, and making the use of gag-orders more prevalent, the media will lose some of its ability to make conclusions for us. There will be no hung-jury in the case of Law Vs Media.