Press

“The only way to assert the right to publish is to publish,” once said Ben Bagdikian, a Washington Post editor who played a pivotal role in keeping the Pentagon Papers public, after The New York Times had been temporarily restrained from publishing the documents. Just a few days later, The Post was also taken to court by the government for doing exactly that: exercising freedom of the press. The modern-era attacks on the media come from all corners, including the White House, which calls mainstream news outlets “fake news” and their journalists “enemies of the people.” Yet the press is one of the stalwart avenues for the defense of Free Speech, and individuals from all political stripes take to op-ed pages to express their (sometimes incendiary) opinions.