Barry Secrest

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The Founders Thoughts on a Free Press

The Media, such as it is, being one of the principle wards to a properly functioning Republic, those whom are in power must know that the line between Government and Media should be no less so bold as the liberally cherished line between Government and Church.  The Church being sustenance for the soul while the Media being sustenance for Liberty.

Thomas Jefferson, who seemed to have an ongoing love/hate relationship with the press, nonetheless made his feelings clear when he stated that "given the opportunity to have a Government without Newspapers or conversely Newspapers without a Government, he would choose the latter every single time."  Jefferson, in his extreme brand of wisdom was ever cognizant of the fact that the only true security of a free nation was vested within a free press.

Benjamin Franklin wrote that "whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech."   James Madison wrote, "A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both."  Finally, Thomas Paine wrote, " those who expect the blessings of liberty must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."  A free press must be without any governmental influence in order to but be a "free" press.  The Progressives would have one believe that commercial interests on the press do damage to its veracity and yet commercial interests are both many and varied and have provided successful support to the press for over 200 years.  One singular Government influence would be disastrous in that there is but one Federal Government and but one Federal couching of the power to abuse by force.

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