freedom of the press

The report came in three hours ago, and wasn't posted before, and we could use just one more Venezuela thread :) http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/12/venezuela.media.arrest/index.html?hpt=T2 The Venezuelan government has issued an arrest warrant against the president of one of the...

Reporters to Need Government Liscences? Lawmaker Suggests Registry for Journalists' Background, Experience URL: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=160997 What are your opinions? I personally believe that this is a means to control the media. If a license can be given, it...

Without an Israeli escort, this time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7834419.stm

Do you believe that huge media corporations' only responsibility should be to make money for their shareholders? Here in America, The First Amendment gives the press special freedom not bestowed on other industries. Why? The Founders wanted a free press because they understood that a free...

Justice Scalia was giving a speech on the meaning of the Constitution, when a rather odd event occurred. From USA Today and AP: Did Justice Scalia give advance warning that his comments should not be recorded? At Presbyterian Christian High School, he did not: Well, perhaps he has forbidden...