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... political choices . There is a strong relationship between open media and free and effective economies . In fact , recent studies conducted by the World Bank have shown that free media are essential for suc- cessful economic progress in ...
... political choices . There is a strong relationship between open media and free and effective economies . In fact , recent studies conducted by the World Bank have shown that free media are essential for suc- cessful economic progress in ...
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... politics of their country, they must be informed. Even something as simple as voting can be difficult without enough information. A free press transmits to the people information about their leaders, the policies of other nations, and ...
... politics of their country, they must be informed. Even something as simple as voting can be difficult without enough information. A free press transmits to the people information about their leaders, the policies of other nations, and ...
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... political strongmen have emerged or reemerged in too many countries . They test whether the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union and the developing nations of Asia , Africa , and Latin America societies . In order to do ...
... political strongmen have emerged or reemerged in too many countries . They test whether the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union and the developing nations of Asia , Africa , and Latin America societies . In order to do ...
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... political , or scientific value could still be distributed . Similarly , even speech advocating the violent . overthrow of the government in the abstract is protected as long as no imminent lawless action is likely to result ...
... political , or scientific value could still be distributed . Similarly , even speech advocating the violent . overthrow of the government in the abstract is protected as long as no imminent lawless action is likely to result ...
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... political cartoonists and satirists would be subjected to damages awards without any showing that their work falsely defamed its subject . ” Quoting from an earlier Supreme Court decision , the chief justice concluded , “ [ I ] f it is ...
... political cartoonists and satirists would be subjected to damages awards without any showing that their work falsely defamed its subject . ” Quoting from an earlier Supreme Court decision , the chief justice concluded , “ [ I ] f it is ...
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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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