The orphaning of the First Amendment

A new report from the Knight Foundation suggests that First Amendment defenders may need new financial support now that many of their traditional backers have fallen onto hard times, Jonathan Peters writes: "The news industry, especially newspapers, has shaped American media law for decades by paying the bills to bring the big cases — to unseal court papers, to open meetings, to protect confidential sources, and to compel the disclosure of public records."

April 28, 2016

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