If you are the President of the United States, you do not have the right of freedom of speech. I know that this is true because the president does not go by the same “rules” as a normal citizen.

If the president or anybody famous says something that is considered controversial or could create dissention, he or she will be heavily criticized for the comment.

They could even risk losing their job or even receiving death threats if the situation is dire enough. Although this may not seem fair, it is the price you pay for taking charge of the oval office or walking the red carpet.

Every person that lives in the United States has the same rights constitutionally but not all people can get away with the same thing. The reason for this is the media and press.

If something is said that could offend a large group of people but leave a smaller group of people happy, the news media will explode, which leads to a substantial amount of people taking sides on the subject.

Not only is political correctness the issue but also the problem is people criticizing others for things they may have not even meant. Besides it is very possible to say something that is not politically correct under the stress of the camera and microphone in your face while any random, unsuspecting citizen could say the exact same thing and nobody would bat an eye.

Why should anyone with authority have to go through such hassle when they are no different from ordinary people? The media should not have the right to promote what somebody says in a negative way.

This could even create less violence in the public. Whenever there is controversy, you usually have three groups of people: people who agree with the subject, people who disagree with the subject and people who are on the fence.

When the media explodes a comment that is merely childish or fruitless, the two groups of people that care about it often fight each other over something that has nothing to do with them.

The media needs to keep their nose out of it.