Sentences with phrase «importance of a free press»

Rather it will be next to an up - skirt shot of Prince Harry's latest victim on the Mail's Sidebar of Shame, and a horde of paps spitting at their victims, and just behind a sanctimonious, self - serving editorial on the importance of a free press.

Spotlight is that rare journalistic procedural that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as «All the President's Men,» and while the movie never glamorizes or makes saints of its hard - working newsgatherers, it does stand as a reminder of the power and importance of a free press, particularly in ferreting out local corruption and malfeasance.

Very timely to be reminded of the importance of a free press in our current times!

Students review the First Amendment, understand the importance of a free press, and consider how that freedom can conflict with other societal needs through journalists» experiences in Ferguson.

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Griffin & Sherburne, New York: The Free Press, 1978, 3) One can hardly measure the importance of this book for contemporary theology.

New York, Free Press [1933](1967), 286); the intuition of lasting importance («Immortality, in The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead,» edited by P.A. Schilpp.

The paramount importance of a free and independent press for a functioning democracy is expressed in German by calling the press the «Vierte Gewalt (Fourth Power)».

In celebration of World Press Freedom Day, we've compiled our top five lesson plans on the importance of a free media, and how journalists and citizens stand up for it around the world.

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Patricia Mercer, president of Houston SPCA, explained the importance of this free program to the Associated Press, «This specially designed tool will connect neighbors to neighbors, ultimately giving displaced pet owners peace of mind knowing that their animals are safe while they get back on their feet.»

The strong presumption in favour of open court proceedings (and therefore against anonymity of litigation participants) has recently been re-emphasized by the Supreme Court in A.B. v. Bragg Communications Inc., 2012 SCC 46: ``... the critical importance of the open court principle and a free press has been tenaciously embedded in the jurisprudence and need not be further revisited here.»