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CURRENT PROPOSALS FOR MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY IN LIGHT OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2004

Ronald D. Rotunda
Ronald D. Rotunda
Affiliation:
Law, George Mason University
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The year 1999 witnessed the horrific shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, where two teenage boys killed twelve of their classmates, a teacher, and then themselves. What lessons are to be learned from this tragedy? Certainly, it tells us that in a nation with approximately one third of a billion people, even an infinitesimal percentage of mentally unstable persons can create mayhem. Are there other lessons?

Type
Research Article
Information
Social Philosophy and Policy , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , July 2004 , pp. 269 - 309
Copyright
© 2004 Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation

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Footnotes

I thank Professors William W. Van Alstyne and Eugene Volokh for their helpful comments. Unfortunately, I must assume responsibility for any errors that remain.