[ditty_news_ticker id=”25027″]When is the press no longer the watchdog America’s founders intended to keep government accountable? When it reports and publishes unverified smears.
America’s founders believed that a free press was of such significance they granted it constitutional protection. Thomas Jefferson said, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” The press was an integral ingredient to a free nation which Jefferson believed could be an unbiased watchdog to keep the government honest. – READ MORE