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DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AND MEDIA REALITIES: A PUZZLING FREE PRESS PARADOX

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2004

Michael Kent Curtis
Michael Kent Curtis
Affiliation:
Law, Wake Forest University School of Law
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Freedom of speech, press, assembly, and petition have long been celebrated as crucial to democratic government. (I will often refer to these rights collectively as ‘freedom of expression’ or as ‘freedom of speech’.) United States Supreme Court decisions have, quite rightly, justified strong protection of these freedoms because of their crucial role in the functioning of American democracy. (Of course, there are other justifications as well, but I will not discuss them in this paper.)

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Research Article
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Social Philosophy and Policy , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , July 2004 , pp. 385 - 427
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© 2004 Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation

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