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Emily blogs about Freedom of the Press

While I was surfing through the blogs of my classmates I stumbled upon an entry that Emily wrote. She wrote a beautiful post abut the beginning  of free press. She wrote about how John Zenger was the person who introduced freedom of the press to the world. Zenger published a newspaper that slandered the government saying that its corrupt. The governor was angry so  he wanted Zenger arrested, but the judge did not take his side. The judge decided that the truth is the ultimate defense.
     This is what the foundation of journalism is built on, the truth. Without journalists to report the truth we would not have all the rights that we are entitled to today. We couldn't just write a blog talking bad about people and broadcasting the truth to the entire world. Without freedom of press we would be controlled on all of the things that we write and say about people. Emily did a great job explaining all of this and talking about how America is the nation that introduced this incredible right  to the rest of the world. Maybe one day in the near future all countries will give the people a voice.
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