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... Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Afunda fundamental axiom of democracy is that citizens must have information and knowledge . People must be informed if they are to play an active role in the life of their country ...
... Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Afunda fundamental axiom of democracy is that citizens must have information and knowledge . People must be informed if they are to play an active role in the life of their country ...
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... amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The first amendment declares that “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Freedom of the press exists not merely because it is codified in law. It exists and ...
... amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The first amendment declares that “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Freedom of the press exists not merely because it is codified in law. It exists and ...
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... Amendment to Ask just about any American about freedom of the press in the United States—and stand back! You're likely to get an earful about how “the media” are irresponsible. After all, they invade the privacy of individuals. They ...
... Amendment to Ask just about any American about freedom of the press in the United States—and stand back! You're likely to get an earful about how “the media” are irresponsible. After all, they invade the privacy of individuals. They ...
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... amendments to the Constitution , which include the 45 words comprising the First Amendment : “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of ...
... amendments to the Constitution , which include the 45 words comprising the First Amendment : “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of ...
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" For it is a central tenet of the First Amendment that the government must remain neutral in the marketplace of ideas . " Chief Justice William Rehnquist Steps to a Free, Financially Viable Media By Tim Carrington. protection , speech ...
" For it is a central tenet of the First Amendment that the government must remain neutral in the marketplace of ideas . " Chief Justice William Rehnquist Steps to a Free, Financially Viable Media By Tim Carrington. protection , speech ...
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Page 26 - Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together. An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.
Page 4 - The journals — ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, GLOBAL ISSUES, ISSUES OF DEMOCRACY, US FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA, and US SOCIETY AND VALUES — provide analysis, commentary, and background information in their thematic areas.
Page 14 - But the fact that society may find speech offensive is not a sufficient reason for suppressing it. Indeed, if it is the speaker's opinion that gives offense, that consequence is a reason for according it constitutional protection.
Page 13 - A responsible press is an undoubtedly desirable goal, but press responsibility is not mandated by the Constitution and like many other virtues it cannot be legislated.
Page 8 - But the only security of all, is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed.
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Page 14 - People in an open society do not demand infallibility from their institutions, but it is difficult for them to accept what they are prohibited from observing.
Page 14 - Nor is it suggested that news gathering does not qualify for First Amendment protection; without some protection for seeking out the news, freedom of the press could be eviscerated.
Page 14 - Thus while such a bad motive may be deemed controlling for purposes of tort liability in other areas of the law, we think the First Amendment prohibits such a result in the area of public debate about public figures. Were we to hold otherwise, there can be little doubt that political cartoonists and satirists would be subjected to damages awards without any showing that their work falsely defamed its subject. Webster's defines a caricature as 'the deliberately distorted picturing or imitating of...
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