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The 91 pages that link to Freedom of the press, each with the reason it gives.

• CensorshipCompared with: It focuses the censorship debate on journalism and public information.

• Investigative journalismRelated: Press freedom helps protect reporting that challenges powerful institutions.

• Public sphereRelated: Independent publication lets debate escape direct state control.

• First Amendment to the United States ConstitutionBroader topic: It safeguards journalism and publication while leaving some generally applicable laws in force.

• Civil libertiesBroader topic: It protects reporting and publication that scrutinize public officials.

• Liberal democracyRelated: Independent reporting helps expose abuses and informs electoral accountability.

• Freedom of expressionBroader topic: It applies expression rights to reporting, publication, and scrutiny of public power.

• NewspaperRelated: Press freedoms shaped the legal and political conditions for newspaper growth.

• JournalismRelated: Independent journalism depends on protections against censorship and retaliation.

• Yellow journalismRelated: Criticism of sensational reporting has repeatedly raised questions about how to regulate a free press.

• VoltaireNarrower topic: Voltaire’s conflicts with censorship made this liberty central to his public legacy.

• Editorial independenceNarrower topic: It is the broader public and legal freedom within which editorial independence operates.

• GlasnostNarrower topic: Glasnost expanded expression but did not establish full independence from state power.

• Source protectionNarrower topic: Legal protection for sources is often argued as a condition of effective press freedom.

• Prior restraintRelated: Restrictions before publication directly constrain the press's ability to gather and communicate information.

• John MiltonRelated: Areopagitica became a lasting reference in debates over censorship and publication.

• Political cartoonRelated: The ability to publish political cartoons depends on protections for independent expression.

• Right to privacyCompared with: Journalistic investigation can conflict with privacy claims about disclosure and public scrutiny.

• The ApostleRelated: Sylvester sees writing as a means to awaken people and challenge oppressive rule.

• Contempt of courtCompared with: Contempt rules can affect reporting on pending cases and judicial conduct.

• Media ethicsRelated: Ethical responsibility operates alongside the press’s freedom to publish.

• Book censorshipCompared with: It is a central principle invoked against government suppression of books.

• Freedom of assemblyCompared with: Press freedom protects publication; assembly protects collective physical presence and action.

• Index Librorum ProhibitorumCompared with: The Index illustrates the conflict between prior restraint and institutional control of publication.

• Journalist safetyNarrower topic: Journalist safety is a practical condition for exercising press freedom.

• Peterloo MassacreNarrower topic: Peterloo’s reporting and subsequent press restrictions made press freedom a central issue.

• State mediaNarrower topic: State ownership raises questions about the protections available to journalists and independent reporting.

• Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and StateRelated: The decree allowed censorship and closures of newspapers deemed threatening to public order.

• Virginia Declaration of RightsBroader topic: The declaration calls a free press a safeguard of liberty.

• Censorship in JapanNarrower topic: Japan’s institutional constraints matter because they can weaken this broader democratic safeguard.

• Censorship in RussiaCompared with: It provides a standard against which Russian restrictions on journalism are assessed.

• Jacques Pierre BrissotRelated: Brissot’s career as a journalist tied revolutionary politics to battles over public speech.

• Katharine GrahamNarrower topic: Graham’s publication decisions became prominent examples in debates over government pressure on the press.

• Literary censorshipCompared with: It names a central liberty that literary censorship restricts.

• Al JazeeraNarrower topic: The network’s bans, prosecutions, and journalist-safety disputes raise broader press-freedom questions.

• Carl BernsteinRelated: The Post’s Watergate reporting became a major example in debates about press independence.

• Constitutional democracyRelated: Independent reporting helps expose abuses and informs political accountability.

• La SolidaridadRelated: The reformists demanded press freedom while confronting colonial restrictions on public criticism.

• Reporters Without BordersNarrower topic: This is the principle the organization’s research and advocacy seek to defend.

• Ben BradleeRelated: The Pentagon Papers dispute tested press freedom during Bradlee’s editorship.

• Censorship in IranCompared with: It provides a direct standard against which restrictions on Iranian media are assessed.

• Chicago TribuneRelated: The paper’s history includes disputes over the boundaries of press freedom and public accountability.

• Committee to Protect JournalistsRelated: This principle supplies the standard behind CPJ’s campaigns and reporting.

• Dan RatherRelated: Rather’s public defense of his reporting raised questions about press independence and accountability.

• Intellectual freedomBroader topic: It is a distinct expression right central to public scrutiny and information exchange.

• Newspaper journalismRelated: Its development shaped the legal and political conditions for independent newspaper reporting.

• Pulitzer Prize for Public ServiceRelated: Award-winning disclosures have sometimes tested this freedom against official efforts to restrict publication.

• Watchdog journalismNarrower topic: Watchdog reporting depends on protections that allow journalists to investigate and publish criticism.

• Propaganda modelRelated: Formal press freedom can coexist with the economic and institutional constraints the model describes.

• Italian journalismNarrower topic: The general principle provides a standard for assessing Italian journalism’s constraints.