How to Use freedom of the press in a Sentence

freedom of the press

noun phrase
  • Democracy, freedom of the press and the freedom to vote are messy but worth it.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • The press, which defends freedom of the press, does nothing to free this citizen.
    David Biller and Tatiana Pollastri, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • His case was handled in accordance with law in Hong Kong, and has nothing to do with freedom of the press and speech.
    Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • In the process, Putin would continue to snuff out Western values like freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
    Randy Teague, National Review, 3 May 2023
  • The Gershkovich case represents one of Mr. Putin’s most drastic attacks to date on freedom of the press.
    Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The Supreme Court sided with the newspapers in a landmark victory for freedom of the press.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • As was long the case in the Dominion lawsuit, the network says that freedom of the press is threatened by Smartmatic's claims.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This includes freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom of speech.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2024
  • This week is set to bring a major test of modern freedom of the press in an era of disinformation.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2023
  • This person is not going to shut down the freedom of the press by stealing a few hundred newspapers.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The court emphasized that freedom of the press allows a newspaper to decide what to include and exclude.
    Erwin Chemerinsky, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Fox has defended its coverage as newsworthy and called the suit an attack on freedom of the press.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Despite its jokes, the dinner is actually billed as an event to celebrate freedom of the press.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 30 Apr. 2023
  • When Bush and Putin met, Bush pressed the Russian leader on democratic reforms — including freedom of the press.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In America, the freedom of the press is often exercised as the freedom to congregate in exactly the same place at the same time, not doing much.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Supreme Court overturned the Alabama court’s decision 9-0, and used what was a minor case to proclaim this larger principle about the meaning of free speech and freedom of the press.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Holding our leaders accountable is contingent upon it, and freedom of the press and speech will be diminished without it.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Although a new constitution, passed in 2011, supposedly guarantees freedom of the press, the government has been slow to implement the reforms that would support that right.
    Glenn Kessler, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2014
  • News media organizations and journalists rallied to Sanchez's defense after learning of the order, calling it an affront to freedom of the press.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • Society reacted instantly, blaming authorities for putting pressure on the freedom of the press.
    Polina Lytvynova, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
  • As opinion media sows divisions within countries, despotic regimes with their own tight media controls are waging propaganda wars against democracies—all of which limits freedom of the press.
    Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 3 May 2023
  • As recently as 2021, the Biden administration stepped up to defend freedom of the press in Poland by convincing the Polish president to veto a controversial media bill that would restrict who could own local broadcasters.
    Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The State Department has previously acknowledged credible reports of the government imprisoning, torturing and killing activists under a corrupt judiciary that has invaded privacy and restricted freedom of the press, religion and assembly.
    Matt Viser and Meryl Kornfield, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023

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