free press
free press is the alternative form of freedom of the press.
Meaning of freedom of the press
Noun
freedom of the press (uncountable)
- The right of citizens or the media to print, or otherwise disseminate, speech, ideas and opinions without fear or harm of prosecution.
- 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...1917 May 30, “The Freedom of the Press”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The New York Times, page 8
Forms of free press
| plural | free presses |
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Questions about free press
- What is free press the alternative form of?
- Free press is the alternative form of freedom of the press.
Words near free press in the dictionary
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