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Mission of the Press
Week 4
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The U.S. News Media
Too Much Freedom?Or Not Enough?
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Source: The First Amendment Center, “State of the First Amendment, 2009”
When asked, ‘Overall, do you think the press in America has too much freedom to do what it wants,
too little freedom to do what it wants, or is the amount of freedom the press has about right?’
39%
7%48%
6%Too Much Freedom: 39%Too Little Freedom: 7%About Right: 48%Don't Know: 6%
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Source: Stony Brook University student survey/Center for News Literacy
You and your peers in this course…
21.00%
10.00%
39.00%
30.00%
Too Much Freedom 21%Too Li6le Freedom 10%Just Enough Freedom 39%I Don’t Know 30%
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Can the government or courts stop you from publishing the following stories?
You Make the Call
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Can You Publish a Story About Gadaffi’s Satellite Phone?
You Make the Call
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Can You Publish Information From This Document?
The Right to Publish?
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Can You Publish a Murder Confession?
You Make the Call
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Can You Name the Victims?
You Make the Call
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Free Speech on BART?
You Make the Call
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What Is Freedom of the Press?
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Ratified in 1791
The Bill of Rights
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The First Amendment“Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people to peaceably
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances.” (Mnemonic: “P’RAPS”)
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“Printers are educated in the belief, that when men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; and when truth and error have fair
play, the former is always an overmatch for the
latter.”
Ben Franklin’s Apology for Printers
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“Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of everything , and in no instance is this more true than in
that of the press.”
James MadisonEnglish Common Law
allowed suppression of the press, but in America, “the
people, not the government possess the absolute
sovereignty.”
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President John Adams Signs Them Into Law in 1798
The Alien and Sedition Acts
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1931: Near v. Minnesota
The Supreme Court’s ‘First Great Press Case’
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”Permitting a scandal sheet such as Near’s to destroy the reputation, peace of mind, and even personal safety of other citizens, society is not only encouraging malice and revenge but could inflict distressing punishments upon the weak, timid, and innocent.”
Justice Pierce Butler
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‘Every man has a right to publish what he wishes, and if it be defamatory or libelous suffer the consequences later.’
Justice Louis Brandeis
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‘The fact that the liberty of the press may be abused . . . by purveyors of scandal does not make any less necessary the immunity of the press from prior restraint in dealing with official misconduct.’
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes Breaks the Tie
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Government cannot stop something from being
published or broadcast or posted on the Internet,
except in rare instances.
No Prior Restraint
But, the author or organization can be punished later.
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“Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.”
Libel vs. Slander
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· TruthDefenses:
· Privilege· Fair Comment
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‘Freedom of the Press is the Right of the Press to be Wrong’ – First Amendment Attorney Alan Dershowitz
No Prior Restraint
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Who is the “Watchdog”? You are.
The Fourth Estate
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Saved From Death Row
The Press As ‘Watchdog’
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Watchdog As Its Own Censor
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CBS’ Revealing Abu Ghraib Coverage
The Press As ‘Watchdog’
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Obscenity
There Are Two Exceptions to the No Prior Restraint Rule
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Exceptions to the No Prior Restraint Rule
NationalSecurity
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Daniel Ellsberg Leaks Secret
Defense Documents
The Pentagon Papers Case
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What Was the Impact of These Stories?
The Washington Post Exposes Secret CIA Prisons
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Secret Documents Made Public
The Role of the Press in National Security
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The Role of the Press in War
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Keller Explains His Decision
The Role of the Press in War
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Long Island Congressman Peter King Wants Reporters Jailed
The Role of the Press in War
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Other Conflicts
· The Right to Know
· The Right to Know vs. Privacy
· A Free Press vs. A Fair Trial
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Limitations on Press FreedomThe Right to Gather the News?
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1995: 3.5 Million Documents Classified
The Right to Know?
2010: 77 Million Documents ClassifiedMonday, September 19, 11
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FOIA
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A controversial decision to publish a photo of war
The Right to Know vs. Privacy
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A Free Press vs. A Fair Trial“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed . . . “
The Sixth Amendment
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A Free Press vs. A Fair Trial
Judges have other remedies :•Change of venue • Gag orders • Jury selection• Sequestering the Jury
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