Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.
I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth.
Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.
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.
Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.