Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.
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As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience.
A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that.
The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.
I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to be aggressive, to do its job. And its job is to report on whatever it's covering.
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.