Not All Speech is Created Equal

Within the United States of America, we take the freedom of speech very seriously. When critics, comedians, etc yell censorship, they quickly invoke the right to freedom of speech. I can definitively understand how important it is to maintain and foster freedom of speech. However speech is not free if you want to reach people. Thirty minutes of prime time television would probably cost tens of thousands of dollars, something I could never afford. So even though I'm expressing myself without fear of censorship, my three followers who probably rarely check this blog is not the same as an editioral with a major newspaper or a network TV show. What would it truly look like if speech was truly free? Could I walk up to CBS and obtain a 30 minute spot between How I Met Your Mother and CSI? Could I go up to the New York Times and obtain the front page in order to talk about my feminist views? What do you think?

Rebekah aka Savage Sage