The citizens of America have to know the value and importance of a free press. A free press will guarantee a free society. A government without newspapers would be a cruel, repressive, and unwelcome power, unable to be checked by any countervailing force, pressure, or influence. Many politicians believed that the press was the best means of protecting the governed, the people, from the exercise of arbitrary power by the governor. The importance of the press showed the founders that even though it was a business, it deserved special protection. Therefore, the First Amendment to the Constitu…
