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Meg Greenfield:
...from the majority opinion: 'In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.'
...from the majority opinion: 'In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.'
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Justice Black's opinion
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Okay
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The founding fathers gave the free press
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the protection it must have
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to fulfill its essential role in our democracy
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The press was to serve the governed
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not the governors
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Movie Summary
A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.
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Meg Greenfield
