Freedom of expression is one of the laws the forefathers of America made to empower its citizens and also enables them to live in peace amongst themselves. In most countries around the world, freedom of expression does not exist, so there is always war in those countries. In the article “Why the First Amendment (and Journalism) Might Be in Trouble”, the authors, Ken Dautrich, chair of the Public Policy at the University of Connecticut and John Bare, who is the vice president for strategic planning and evaluation at the Arthur M. Blank Family foundation in Atlanta, conducted a research study on the importance of freedom of speech. They used their research findings to support freedom of expressions. They employed claim of policy, claim of fact and also appeal to pathos and logos in their argument of the importance of the freedom of speech. …show more content…
The authors use claim of fact to appeal to the public by stating that the early leaders of America were deeply committed to freedom and liberty. Many of the president in the United States have told American people and the world how important freedom of speech is. They gave an example of a speech made by President Bush during his second inaugural address as a president. The president talked about the importance of war in Iraqi and Afghani at that period by saying “Iraqi and Afghani military operations is a vehicle to spread freedom throughout the world. During that period America was in a war in Iraq, fighting to overthrow the then president of Iraq to free the people from