freedom of the press

noun
1.
the right to publish newspapers, magazines, and other printed matter without governmental restriction and subject only to the laws of libel, obscenity, sedition, etc.
Examples from the web for freedom of the press
  • But in that depression you had freedom of the press.
  • It is true that debates about obscenity often overlap with debates about freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
  • freedom of the press inevitably helps drive scientific progress, which in turn propels innovation and economic prosperity.
  • It's not a matter of freedom of the press, because you can still write about people.
  • freedom of the press, as the saying goes, belongs only to those who own one.
  • The closing down of a popular talk-radio show adds to concerns about freedom of the press.
  • In my opinion it is freedom of speech to print what they want, and also freedom of the press.
  • freedom of the press means that any idea can reach everybody without hindrance from the powerful.
  • As the only syndicated political cartoonist who also writes a syndicated column, my living depends on freedom of the press.
  • But the terms of the judgment by no means ensure the future freedom of the press.
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freedom of the press definition


The right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government. Americans enjoy freedom of the press under the First Amendment to the Constitution.