Doris Garber in "Terrorism, censorship and the first amendment"

During a time of crisis the role and responsibility of the media is varied from the typical role according to Doris Garber. The argument is over freedom of the press and national security during these circumstances of crisis. Garber's solution lies in internal regulation, which is where the media creates its own ethical standards. I believe the government needs to have security over some information in dealing with national and international conflicts. At the same time the importance of the first amendment is at the core of our governmental structure in the United States. There is a line the media should not cross with the government in order to uphold national security but at the same time there is a need for the 'watchdog' mentality. The issue of only using internal regulations is that media fragmentation and media consolidation has presently created a corporate profit hungry business in the press. Therefore I believe the solution must go beyond internal regulation and to a shifting to an outside sources checking the corporate news outlets whose focus is on profits.