freedom of the press en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfɹiː.dəm əv ðə ˈpɹɛs/
Meanings
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(uncountable) The right of citizens or the media to print, or otherwise disseminate, speech, ideas and opinions without fear or harm of prosecution.
The term free speech, which appears in this book's subtitle as well as in its text, is used more or less interchangeably with freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression to refer to all of the expressive rights guaranteed by the forty-five words of the First Amendment, as interpreted by the U.S. courts.
2003, Mike Godwin, Cyber Rights, The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 2:Since the press, commanding the service of every other means of communication, is the common carrier of information, delivering it almost instantly and simultaneously through out a nation, and there is no other carrier a thousandth part so efficient any restriction upon the information it may convey deprives every citizen in some degree of capacity for intelligent thought and wise action. This is obviously of great importance in relation to the affairs of government and that is why since its vital connection with the welfare of peoples has been understood, the freedom of the press has been so jealously guarded no more by its own servants than by the statesman, the publicist, and the enlightened citizen.
1917 May 30, “The Freedom of the Press”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The New York Times, page 8:
Coordinates
freedom of contract · freedom of assembly · right to keep and bear arms · freedom of speech · freedom of religion · freedom of association · freedom of movement
Translations (44)
pt liberdade de imprensa (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · gd saorsa nam meadhanan (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · sw uhuru wa habari (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · sv pressfrihet (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · sv tryckfrihet (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ka ბეჭდვის თავისუფლება (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · es libertad de prensa (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · da pressefrihed (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · nb trykkefrihet (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · el ελευθερία του Τύπου (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · it libertà di stampa (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · nb pressefrihet (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · hu sajtószabadság (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · bg свобода на пресата (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · fo fjølmiðlafrælsi (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · cmn 新聞自由 /新闻自由 (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · gl liberdade de prensa (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · lt spaudos laisvė (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · vi tự do báo chí (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · vi tự do thông tin (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · da mediefrihed (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · bg свобода на печата (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ca llibertat de premsa (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · eu prentsa-askatasun (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · da trykkefrihed (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · nl persvrijheid (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · nn trykkefridom (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ba матбуғат иреге (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · fa آزادی مطبوعات (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ja 報道の自由 (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · is fjölmiðlafrelsi (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · hy մամուլի ազատություն (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · pl wolność prasy (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · tr basın özgürlüğü (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ar حُرِّيَّة اَلصِّحَافَة (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · fi painovapaus (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · fr liberté de la presse (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ru свобо́да печа́ти (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · de Pressefreiheit (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · nn prentefridom (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ko 언론(言論)의 자유 (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · is prentfrelsi (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · fi lehdistönvapaus (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions) · ka პრესის თავისუფლება (right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions)