Free Press

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• 1/31/2021
  

  Palin v. New York Times is a Textualist Land Mine for the First Amendment

  by Richard E. Labunski

  In June, trial will begin in Sarah Palin's libel case against the New York Times. The case appears to be teed up on a path to the Supreme Court, where the current "actual malice" standard for proving a public figure was libeled could be overturned. If this happens, the door will be open to lawsuits aimed at crushing press criticism of the government.

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• SOURCE: Simon and Schuster (Special to HNN)
  12/12/2018
  

  This writer decided to write about the year 1721 after he got one of those Fact-a-Day calendars

  He was intrigued by the entry noting that in 1721 Boston was hit by a devastating small pox epidemic. (Interview)

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• 9/15/18
  

  Did Thomas Jefferson Have a Consistent Message on Free Presses?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  The evidence shows a gap between his approbation of a free press and his experience with it. 

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• 7-3-18
  

  The Media Have Been the Target of Violence since the Beginning of the Republic

  by Harold Holzer

  It’s always an ominous sign.

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• 3-5-17
  

  FROM OUR ARCHIVES The American Press Has Served Us Well. We Need to Protect It.

  by Vaughn Davis Bornet

  That new man in the White House needs to be made aware that the job he occupies is a Bully Pulpit—and not a Bullying Pulpit.