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May 17, 2005
Freedom Of The Press: We Don't Know What We Have To Lose
Posted by Stowe Boyd
The inestimable Ernie Miller reports
on a recent survey re: First Amendment:
Only 14% of Americans - and 57% of Journalists - Can Name Freedom of the Press as a Right in the First Amendment
"Freedom of Speech" does much better. 66% of journalists and 58% of Americans can name it. The difference between "Freedom of the Press" and "Freedom of Speech" is not particularly suprising to me. Current legal doctrine is that there is no actual distinction between the two, so why would people think of them as different things? It is surprising to me, however, that only 66% of journalists can name "Freedom of Speech" as part of the First Amendment.
If they are so dumb as to not know what they have, when people come along and try to take it away, I guess we shouldn't be surprised when no one howls.
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