freedom of the press
noun phrase
: the right of newspapers, magazines, etc., to report news without being controlled by the government
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People could not protest, and freedom of the press was curtailed.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
The First Amendment right against abridging the freedom of the press is no shield for lawbreaking, so Gonzalez has to establish whether Seligson was a participant in this offense or an observer.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
Although the equipment was returned following widespread outcry, including from the White House, this illustrates the impact on freedom of the press of this law.
—Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, The Conversation, 24 July 2024
The wording may be bland, but the implications for the democratic process, and for freedom of the press, are sufficiently murky to have provoked censure from the NATO secretary-general and the U.S State Department.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
The First Amendment right against abridging the freedom of the press is no shield for lawbreaking, so Gonzalez has to establish whether Seligson was a participant in this offense or an observer.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
Although the equipment was returned following widespread outcry, including from the White House, this illustrates the impact on freedom of the press of this law.
—Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, The Conversation, 24 July 2024
The wording may be bland, but the implications for the democratic process, and for freedom of the press, are sufficiently murky to have provoked censure from the NATO secretary-general and the U.S State Department.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
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“Freedom of the press.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedom%20of%20the%20press. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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