by jpitney | Oct 31, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Journalism
From the One Free Press Coalition: Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October of 2017 shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, tops the November ranking of the One Free Press Coalition’s “10 Most Urgent” list of press freedom cases....
by jpitney | Sep 23, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Journalism
A September 21 release from the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: The Fallen Journalists Memorial (FJM) Foundation, News Media Alliance, National Newspaper Association and National Association of Broadcasters today commended the U.S. House of Representatives on...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2020 | Constitution, First Amendment, Freedom of Press, Public Opinion
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center: Americans’ ability to name the five rights protected by the First Amendment has jumped since 2017, when we last asked this question. Their ability to specify some of them more than tripled. Asked to name any of the rights...
by jpitney | Jun 25, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Journalism
Yasmeen Serhan at The Atlantic: In recent weeks, journalists—both domestic and international—have been subject to unparalleled attacks on press freedom across the U.S. Several of these incidents have involved the detention and arrest of people who identified...
by jpitney | Mar 8, 2020 | Civility, Freedom of Press, Presidency
President Gerald R. Ford, Remarks at the Dedication of the Anderson Independent and Anderson Daily Mail Building in Anderson, South Carolina, October 19, 1974: Now I happen to differ with those who categorize the journalists I know, and others, as a different kind of...
by jpitney | Jan 12, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Uncategorized
James Madison, The Report of 1800: Again, it is no less obvious, that the intent to defame or bring into contempt or disrepute, or hatred, which is made a condition of the offence created by the act; cannot prevent its pernicious influence, on the freedom of the...
