Freedom Of The Press

Definition: Freedom Of The Press

Freedom Of The Press

Noun

1. Guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution.

Synonyms: Freedom Of The Press

Synonyms: Free press, Liberty of the press, Press freedom. (additional references)

Freedom of the press is the guarantee by a government of free public speech often through a state constitution for its citizens, and associations of individuals extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. It also extends to news gathering, and processes involved in obtaining information for the public consumption.

With respect to governmental information a government distinguishes which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on classification of information as sensitive, classified or secret and being otherwise protected from disclosure due to relevance of the information to protecting the national interest. Many governments are also subject to sunshine laws or Freedom of Information Acts that are used to define the ambit of national interest.

The concept of freedom of the press was established on August 4, 1735 when New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger was acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true.

Crosswords: Freedom Of The Press

English words defined with "freedom of the press": First Amendment ♦ Religious liberty. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	We fight for freedom of the press. (Smut; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	Freedom of the Press (1928)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Applegate: Freedom of the Press in a Small Town (reference) The Fourth Estate and the Constitution: Freedom of the Press in America (reference) America's House of Lords: An Inquiry into the Freedom of the Press (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Thomas Jefferson	Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	By this, the long wished-for opportunity was offered to "True" Socialism of confronting the political movement with the Socialist demands, of hurling the traditional anathemas against liberalism, against representative government, against bourgeois competition, bourgeois freedom of the press, bourgeois legislation, bourgeois liberty and equality, and of preaching to the masses that they had nothing to gain, and everything to lose, by this bourgeois movement. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Thus the associations for (r)the Freedom of the Press, for (r)Individual Freedom, for (r)the Instruction of the People, against Direct Taxes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Nicaragua	However, several constitutional provisions potentially qualify freedom of the press. (references)
	Cape Verde	Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports of restrictions on freedom of the press. (references)
	Yemen	The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate defends freedom of the press and publicizes human rights concerns. (references)
Economic History	Niger	Freedom of the press flourished with the appearance of several new independent newspapers. (references)
	Armenia	Although freedom of the press and speech are guaranteed, the government maintains its monopoly over television and radio broadcasting. (references)
	Seychelles	Basic liberties, such as freedom of the press and freedom of assembly, are respected, although the media is still government dominated. (references)
Human Rights	Mozambique	The report's critical assessment gave particular emphasis to problems in the judiciary, conditions in prisons, freedom of the press, and arbitrary arrest and detention of citizens. (references)
	Zimbabwe	Domestic NGO's worked on human rights and democracy issues, including lobbying for revision of the POSB, increasing poor women's access to the courts, raising awareness of the abuse of children, eliminating irregularities in voter rolls, conducting voter education, preserving the independence of the judiciary, and eliminating torture, arbitrary detention, and restrictions on freedom of the press and assembly. (references)
Political Economy	Djibouti	The Government at times restricted freedom of the press. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Madison	1809-1817	The freedom of the press and rights of conscience, those choicest privileges of the people, are unguarded in the British constitution.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "freedom of the press"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		indgreb i pressefriheden (attack on the freedom of the press). (various references)

Dutch		inbreuk op de vrijheid van drukpers (attack on the freedom of the press), inbreuk op de persvrijheid (attack on the freedom of the press). (various references)

Finnish		painovapaus. (various references)

French		atteinte � la liberté de la presse (attack on the freedom of the press). (various references)

German		Pressefreiheit. (various references)

Greek		παραβίαση της ελευθερίας του τύπου (attack on the freedom of the press). (various references)

Italian		libert� di stampa. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		出版の自�"� . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しゅっぱ�"のじゆう. (various references)

Pig Latin		eedomfray ofay ethay esspray

Portuguese		liberdade de palavra. (various references)

Russian		свобода печати (liberty of the press). (various references)

Spanish		libertad de prensa. (various references)

Swedish		tryckfrihet (liberty if the press). (various references)

Turkish		basın özgürlüğü. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-e-f-f-h-m-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-t"
	-5 letters: speedometers, spherometers.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0072 0065 0065 0064 006F 006D 004F 0066 0054 0068 0065 0050 0072 0065 0073 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Freedom Of The Press"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Danish	ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse	tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili
Dutch	woordenboek, definitie, translatie	hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait
Finnish	määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos	suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü
French	dictionnaire, définition, traduction	ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス�" , 仏 , ふつぶ�", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili
German	Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition	tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, �"ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman
Greek	λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση	græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア�", grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum
Italian	dizionario, definizione, traduzione	italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan
Japanese Kanji	辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ�'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳	japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· �"ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, Japonca
Japanese Katakana	じい, じびき, じて�", ディクショナリー , じり�", じしょ, �'�"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい�"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, �"うどく, ほ�"やく, ほ�"やくしょ	japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· �"ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, Japonca
Portuguese	dicionário, definição, tradução	portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, � ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル�", português, португальский, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア�", русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça
Spanish	diccionario, definición, traducción	Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン�", スパニッシュ , espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca
Swedish	ordbok, lexikon, översättning	Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン�", шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí
Turkish	sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme	turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce

Expression	Frequency per Day
freedom of the press	78
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Freedom Of The Press

Definition: Freedom Of The Press