“Freedom of the press, or, to be more precise, the benefit of freedom of the press, belongs to everyone – to the citizen as well as the publisher… The crux is not the publisher’s ‘freedom to print’; it is, rather, the citizen’s ‘right to know.’” KnowsWellsCitizensBenefitsPressesPrintPrecisePublishersFreedom Of The PressCrux Author:Arthur Hays Sulzberger
“There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the Press and parliamentary institutions. Our difficulties are due partly to our own stupidity, partly to the exploitation of that stupidity, and partly to our own prejudices and personal desires.” ThinkingNeedsWellsEnoughDesireDemocracyCitizensDifficultyPrejudiceInstitutionsPressesStupidityDuesExploitationUrgentFreedom Of The PressParliamentaryPersonal Desire Author:Susan Stebbing
“You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.” WantCulturePartyEconomySuccessfulCitizensPressesIsraelOpennessHostileFree Press Author:John Podhoretz
“The press is supposed to equip people to act as citizens and not just consumers of programming that happens to be news.” PeopleHappensCitizensNewsPressesConsumersProgramming Author:David Folkenflik