How Free Can the Press Be?

by Randall P. Bezanson

Book Overview

Randall P. Bezanson explores the contradictions embedded in understanding press freedom in America by discussing nine of the most pivotal and provocative First Amendment cases in US judicial history. Each case resulted in a ruling that refined or reshaped judicial definition of the limits of press freedom.

The cases concerned matters ranging from The New York Times's publication of the Pentagon Papers to Hugo Zacchini's claim that TV broadcasts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025202866X
• ISBN13: 9780252028663
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.6"