tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86922363292689637912024-02-08T04:31:39.410-08:00freedom pressUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692236329268963791.post-57605182543351694002011-01-01T19:07:00.000-08:002013-01-09T19:10:08.483-08:00Freedom Press<br />
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<b>Freedom of the press</b> or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through mediums including various electronic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_media" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="News media">media</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Publication">published materials</a>. While such freedom mostly implies the absence of interference from an overreaching<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="State (polity)">state</a>, its preservation may be sought through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Constitution">constitutional</a> or other <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Legal">legal</a> protections.</div>
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With respect to governmental information, any government may distinguish which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Classified information">classification of information</a> as sensitive, classified or secret and being otherwise protected from disclosure due to relevance of the information to protecting the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_interest" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="National interest">national interest</a>. Many governments are also subject to sunshine laws or <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_legislation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Freedom of information legislation">freedom of information legislation</a> that are used to define the ambit of national interest.</div>
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Universal Declaration of Human Rights">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a> states: <i>"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers"</i></div>
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This philosophy is usually accompanied by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Legislation">legislation</a> ensuring various degrees of freedom of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_research" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Scientific research">scientific research</a> (known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_freedom" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Scientific freedom">scientific freedom</a>), publishing, press and printing the depth to which these laws are entrenched in a country's legal system can go as far down as its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Constitution">constitution</a>. The concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Freedom of speech">freedom of speech</a> is often covered by the same laws as freedom of the press, thereby giving equal treatment to spoken and published expression.</div>
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