How Free Is Our Press?
The arrests of reporters covering the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson have led to claims of First Amendment violations. Though the U.S. Constitution ...
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During the protests that erupted in response to the killing of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer, numerous reporters covering the story have been arrested by law enforcement. Some journalists even claim that they were assaulted and harassed. Actions that Press Freedom Groups are condemning as violations of the journalists’ first amendment rights. But what are those rights exactly? Well, the First Amendment gives citizens the right to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. These are the rights that enable reporters to say and print whatever stories they want. And if that was all reporters ever did then there would be no issue. But they also investigate incidents, gather information, and attempt to access people, places and things... And there is no constitutional amend...
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During the protests that erupted in response to the killing of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer, numerous reporters covering the story have been arrested by law enforcement. Some journalists even claim that they were assaulted and harassed. Actions that Press Freedom Groups are condemning as violations of the journalists’ first amendment rights. But what are those rights exactly? Well, the First Amendment gives citizens the right to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. These are the rights that enable reporters to say and print whatever stories they want. And if that was all reporters ever did then there would be no issue. But they also investigate incidents, gather information, and attempt to access people, places and things... And there is no constitutional amend...
