Seven steps for a free press: “Let’s help people imagine, just for a second, a world without their regular news sources,” write Melody Kramer and Betsy O’Donovan, who propose news blackouts.
Rebuild a national belief that journalism is a public service, they write, not public enemy number one. News organizations must work together to do that.
Journalists are not the enemy: The Boston Globe’s editorial board publishes its response to President Trump’s attack on the media.
More than 350 news outlets joined the Globe’s move to support a free press.
“A central pillar of President Trump’s politics is a sustained assault on the free press,” writes the Globe. “Journalists are not classified as fellow Americans, but rather ‘the enemy of the people.’ This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences.”
First Amendment quiz: Jonathan Peters writes about common misunderstandings about the First Amendment and media law.
Importantly, there are very few constitutional protections for news-gathering, and virtually none that apply just to journalists, says a source.
European advocates for free speech and press are worried, writes Mathew Ingram.
“France, Germany and the United Kingdom are all either discussing or are already in the process of implementing requirements for social networks to take measures to remove or block online hate speech, harassment and so-called ‘fake news'” considered threats to social order.
America’s First Amendment protects even hateful speech.
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