| 来源类型 | Book |
| 规范类型 | 其他 |
| Freedom of the Press | |
| William Ruckelshaus; ralph-k-winter; Antonin Scalia | |
| 发表日期 | 1975-07-29 |
| 出版者 | American Enterprise Institute |
| 出版年 | 1975 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Editor’s Note: Freedom of the Press was a two-part discussion of the protections accorded the media under the First Amendment and of the problems of broadcast regulation. Part I, moderated by William Ruckelshaus, former deputy attorney general of the United States, engages Charles Seib, ombudsman for the Washington Post, Edward J. Epstein, director of research of the Twentieth Century Fund Project on News Agencies, Antonin Scalia, assistant attorney general of the United States, Floyd Abrams, a New York City attorney whose clients include the New York Times and NBC, and Jack Nelson, Washington bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times, in a lively discussion of current First Amendment problems. The debate centered on the issues of newsman’s privilege, libel, and the publication of classified materials. In Part II, Elie Abel, dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, moderated, while Kevin P. Phillips, author and syndicated columnist, Clay T. Whitehead, former director of the US Office of Telecommunications Policy, Ralph K. Winter, Jr., professor of law at Yale Law School, and Bill Monroe of NBC News discussed regulation of the broadcast media. The panelists focused on the issues of access to the media, the concentration of network power, and the application of the First Amendment to radio and television. WILLIAM RUCKELSHAUS, former deputy attorney general of the United States and Round Table moderator: The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of the press.” Throughout our history, the meaning of those words and the nature of the freedom they protect have caused controversy. Tonight, we’re going to discuss with our distinguished panel, and later, the audience, three current controversies whose common theme is the tension between the First Amendment and the government’s exercise of power through the judicial system. First, newsman’s privilege: Should a reporter, under any circumstances, be forced by the courts to reveal his confidential sources of information? In 1972, in the case of Branzburg v. Hayes, the Supreme Court said that under certain circumstances a newsman could be forced to testify before a grand jury and to disclose the identity of his confidential news sources. Since that time, and really before, several so-called shield laws have been introduced in Congress and in the state legislatures to protect the confidentiality of a newsman’s source from judicial interference. Second, libel: To what extent does, or should, the First Amendment to the Constitution protect the press from libel actions by private citizens who claim that they have been wronged? Is there, or should there be, a difference between the protection provided a private citizen and that provided a public figure? Last, to what extent should the courts prohibit the publication of classified material? Starting with the Pentagon Papers case and continuing with the current sensational revelations about our intelligence-gathering agencies, a series of events has dramatized the question: should there be any limits stemming from national security needs on what may be published? Download the PDF PART 1: PART 2: |
| 主题 | Politics and Public Opinion |
| 标签 | AEI Archive ; AEI Round Table ; First Amendment ; Free speech ; freedom of the press ; Memorable Moments ; US Constitution ; US Media |
| URL | https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/freedom-of-the-press/ |
| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/207585 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | William Ruckelshaus,ralph-k-winter,Antonin Scalia. Freedom of the Press. 1975. |
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