Censure, don't censor, says ACLU.(Brief Article)

The job of pressuring media to reduce the amount of on-screen violence belongs to private citizens, not the government, Laura Murphy, legislative director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said last week. "I think it's important for us as a society to differentiate between 'censoring' and 'censuring,'" she said during a National Press Club forum on violence in the media. Even though the ACLU frequently fights in court against legal restrictions on the media, the group also endorses the right of private organizations to boycott or demonstrate against outlets that produce violent …