Americans give their take on press freedom. You should worry.
A new Pew-Knight study finds broad support for press freedom but also surprising support for giving the government power over the press
Fresh off the presses from a Pew Research Center and Knight Foundation collaboration, a new report shows solid support for a free press. Just about three-quarters of the public say a free press is extremely or very important to society.
But under some circumstances that would make many journalists bristle, large shares of Americans think it’s OK to limit the press.
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The First Amendment is facing challenging times: Crackdowns on campus protests prompted both-sides claims of intolerance. Attempts to head off dangerous health misinformation have been characterized as violations of free speech. Donald Trump is publicly punishing news outlets that deviate from his administration’s version of events while privately suing some outlets into submission.
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