Thursday, August 13, 2009

The First Amendment



Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


We begin our study of Current Affairs by looking at what exactly is 'news' and the rights and responsibilities of the press. Our founding fathers realized the importance of a free press to our democracy; so much so they put it in the first amendment. Why do you think free press is this important?

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