Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century
Although it does read like a textbook at times, this is a very informative account of how...
Lee Bollinger is one of our foremost experts on the First Amendment--both an erudite scholar and elegant advocate. In this sweeping account, he explores the troubled history of a free press in America and looks toward the challenges ahead. The first amendment guaranteed freedom of the press in seemingly clear terms. However, over the course of American history, Bollinger notes, the idea of press freedom has evolved, in response to social, political, technological, and legal changes. It was not until the twentieth century that freedom of the press came to be understood as guaranteeing an "uninhibited, robust and wide-open" public discourse. But even during the twentieth century, government continually tried to erect barriers: the sedition laws of World War One, the use of libel law, the Pentagon Papers case, and efforts to limit press access to information. Bollinger utilizes this history to explore the meaning of freedom of the press in our globalized, internet-dominated era. As he shows, we have now entered uncharted territory. What does press freedom mean when our news outlets can instantaneously disseminate information throughout the world? When...
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A tidy little number on freedom of the press. Gets a bit slow at times, especially towards the end, but overall interesting and educational. Bollinger's examination of the history of freedom of the press in the United States is an interesting, somewhat textbookish context. His examination of the purpose of journalism schools beyond what they really are is an interesting chapter. Although it does read like a textbook at times, this is a very informative account of how the U.S. press arrived at its current state (in regards to the First Amendment), and it also argues for a more globally interconnected press to keep pace with the digital age.
