When a journalism professor at Indiana University declared that we need "the abandonment of the marketplace theory in favor of one that regulates speech in service to its overarching importance," it became more clear than ever that free speech is in serious danger. Those in journalism ought to be the first people defending free speech, and we heard many warnings over the alleged "threat" that President Trump represented to the free press. Democracy dies in darkness, right?
A sadly needed defense of free speech
A sadly needed defense of free speech
A sadly needed defense of free speech
When a journalism professor at Indiana University declared that we need "the abandonment of the marketplace theory in favor of one that regulates speech in service to its overarching importance," it became more clear than ever that free speech is in serious danger. Those in journalism ought to be the first people defending free speech, and we heard many warnings over the alleged "threat" that President Trump represented to the free press. Democracy dies in darkness, right?