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Free Press and Democracy Amid Government Tensions
In a Bicentennial essay, Alan Barth argues independence from government is the core of press freedom. He cites Madison Jefferson and Tocqueville, notes 14th Amendment safeguards and key cases, and warns of 1970s prior restraint and gag orders while urging publishers to actively defend liberty.
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American Issues Forum
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Washington Post
University of California Extension
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Regents of
University of California
Alexis de Tocqueville
Madison
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
James Madison
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Minnesota
Pentagon
Defense Department
Hugo L. Black
Potter Stewart
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