When the television is flipped on today, or the morning paper unfolded, or the website for CNN is opened on a browser, the stories that are most likely to come up first are political. Aside from the fact that it’s election time right now, stories featuring political issues and figures are a common sight in […]
Posts tagged with John Peter Zenger
“What I approve I defend; what I dislike I censure” -Defoe
Posted by: bkiml | October 5, 2010 | No Comment |
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Tags: accountable, American contributions, bkiml, Brenda Kim, Criticism, government, John Peter Zenger, Newspaper, William Cosby
Tags: accountable, American contributions, bkiml, Brenda Kim, Criticism, government, John Peter Zenger, Newspaper, William Cosby
Where would the first amendment be without John Peter Zenger?
Posted by: bellen | September 22, 2010 | No Comment |There is no free society without a free press. Why were James Madison and George Mason adamant that freedom of the press was necessary in the newly formed America? They may have remembered the trial of John Peter Zenger. John Peter Zenger was a German immigrant who was a printer. He supported himself mainly by […]
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Tags: bellen, Ellen Black, John Peter Zenger, Press freedom, reporters, reporting
Tags: bellen, Ellen Black, John Peter Zenger, Press freedom, reporters, reporting