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the right to say the emperor has no clothes, in print, before lunch.
means the legal and cultural guarantee that journalists can investigate, report, and publish without government censorship or retaliation.
from traces to 1695 england letting its licensing act lapse, and crystallized in 1791 when the US first amendment barred congress from abridging the press.
global rankingnorway topped the 2023 press freedom index
worst offendersnorth korea has ranked last for years
pentagon papers1971 supreme court ruling protected publishing leaked secrets
journalists killeddozens die on the job worldwide every year
for instance
pentagon papers 1971 — nyt and wapo won the right to publish classified vietnam files
charlie hebdo 2015 — paris satirists attacked over cartoons, staff kept publishing anyway
jamal khashoggi 2018 — washington post columnist killed in saudi consulate, istanbul
hong kong apple daily — pro-democracy paper forced shut by beijing in 2021