Freedom of the Press: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, First and Second SessionsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 - 1332 Seiten |
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... issue . In less than 10 years , absolute truth has shifted from one side of this issue to the other . The lesson of this one example is that whatever the dangers to freedom of expression that result from concentrated ownership of the ...
... issue . In less than 10 years , absolute truth has shifted from one side of this issue to the other . The lesson of this one example is that whatever the dangers to freedom of expression that result from concentrated ownership of the ...
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... issue was not resolved . In some States , journalists are protected by law . Maryland en- acted the first law to shield newsmen from forced disclosure of con- fidential sources in 1896. However , only 18 other States have since adopted ...
... issue was not resolved . In some States , journalists are protected by law . Maryland en- acted the first law to shield newsmen from forced disclosure of con- fidential sources in 1896. However , only 18 other States have since adopted ...
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... issue presented by the Newsmen's Privilege Act was an important one in 1733 , when John Peter Zenger began publication of the New York Weekly Journal . Zenger was charged with making " false , scandalous , malicious and seditious ...
... issue presented by the Newsmen's Privilege Act was an important one in 1733 , when John Peter Zenger began publication of the New York Weekly Journal . Zenger was charged with making " false , scandalous , malicious and seditious ...
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... issue , going to such extremes as counting of lines in a broadcast transcript . In one instance , to determine whether a broadcast involved a con- troversial issue , the Commission considered 28 pages of correspond- ence , over a 5 ...
... issue , going to such extremes as counting of lines in a broadcast transcript . In one instance , to determine whether a broadcast involved a con- troversial issue , the Commission considered 28 pages of correspond- ence , over a 5 ...
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... issue of public importance " that the station is required to present the arguments of people who contend that you shouldn't buy any car . Well , you say , this one really is easy . If smoking is no longer a controver- sial issue , then ...
... issue of public importance " that the station is required to present the arguments of people who contend that you shouldn't buy any car . Well , you say , this one really is easy . If smoking is no longer a controver- sial issue , then ...
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Seite 715 - In each case [courts] must ask whether the gravity of the 'evil,' discounted by its improbability, justifies such invasion of free speech as is necessary to avoid the danger.
Seite 475 - I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Seite 14 - The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts.
Seite 189 - ... that it is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and, finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate...
Seite 141 - The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Seite 357 - It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social, political, esthetic, moral, and other ideas and experiences which is crucial here. That right may not constitutionally be abridged either by Congress or by the FCC.
Seite 188 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.
Seite 175 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Seite 8 - The greater the importance of safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more imperative is the need to preserve inviolate the constitutional rights of free speech, free press and free assembly in order to maintain the opportunity for free political discussion, to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes, if desired, may be obtained by peaceful means. Therein lies the security of the Republic,...
Seite 684 - These later decisions have fashioned the principle that the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.* As we said in Noto v.