Using newspapers, magazines, television and other news sources for information, answer one or both of the questions below. (Often editorials provide the kind of information you need to adequately answer the following questions.) Be sure to respond to your peers' comments thoughtfully. Relate to the world around you. You will be the leaders of tomorrow!
Because Dr. Stockmann's discovery of contamination in the town spa threatens to undermine the town's economic future, the mayor and his supporters attempt to silence the doctor and keep his discovery secret. In your own community, do you recall any instance in which a local government, business, factory, school district, hospital, day-care center, newspaper, or another entity attempted to withhold vital information from the public?
Under what circumstances does a government have a right to withhold information from the public?