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Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely.
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documents press freedom violations in the United States. [37] The tracker was founded in 2017 and was developed from funds donated by the Committee to Protect Journalists. [36] [37] It is led by the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a group of organizations. Its purpose is "to provide reliable, easy-to-access ...
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
"It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances." Thomas, 323 U. S., at 530. Both speech and petition are integral to the democratic process, although not necessarily in the same way.
The Zenger case paved the way for freedom of the press to be adopted in the U.S. Constitution. As Founding Father Gouverneur Morris stated, "The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America." [6]
The organisation publishes a gallery of Predators of Press Freedom, highlighting the most egregious international violators of press freedom. [21] It also maintains an online Press Freedom Barometer, monitoring the number of journalists, media workers and citizen journalists killed or imprisoned. [22]
President Trump again slammed the media on Sunday, declaring that “we no longer have Freedom of the Press!” He made the comment in a Sunday morning tweet where he also said: “Journalistic ...
Press laws are the laws concerning the licensing of books and the liberty of expression in all products of the printing-press, especially newspapers [citation needed].The liberty of the press has always been regarded by political writers as of supreme importance.