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Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons

Al Goodwyn

political cartoon

GoComics

October 2, 2022

https://www.gocomics.com/algoodwyn/2022/10/02

free press        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/jan/01/
worlddispatch.johnaglionby

free press > The Sixties        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2006/oct/08/
2 

free press        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/15/
opinion/editorials/free-press-local-journalism-news-donald-trump.html

4th estate        USA

https://www.gocomics.com/algoodwyn/2022/10/02

control of news        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/
business/media/behind-the-scenes-billionaires-growing-control-of-news.html

proprietors > editorial control        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/27/
newspaper-owners-editorial-control

Richard Desmond        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/media/
richard-desmond

press freedom        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/media/
press-freedom

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/27/
leveson-press-regulation-steve-coogan-david-mitchell

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jan/07/
pressandpublishing.television

press freedom        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/
obituaries/murray-fromson-champion-of-press-freedom-dies-at-88.html

freedom of information        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/
freedomofinformation

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/30/
mondaymediasection.freedomofinformation1

free speech        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/nyregion/
herald-price-fahringer-a-defender-of-free-speech-dies-at-87.html

USA > New York Times v. Sullivan

Decision Date: March 9, 1964

Freedom of the press:

libel and slander

Background:

In 1960, the New York Times

ran a full-page advertisement paid for

by civil right activists.

The ad openly criticized

the police department

in the city of Montgomery, Alabama

for its treatment of civil rights protestors.

Most of the descriptions in the ad

were accurate,

but some of the statements were false.

The police commissioner,

L. B. Sullivan,

took offense to the ad

and sued the New York Times

in an Alabama court.

Sullivan argued that the ad

had damaged his reputation,

and he had been libeled.

The Alabama court

ruled in favor of Sullivan,

finding that the newspaper ad

falsely represented

the police department and Sullivan.

After losing an appeal

in the Supreme Court of Alabama,

the New York Times took its case

to the United States Supreme Court

arguing that the ad was not meant

to hurt Sullivan's reputation

and was protected

under the First Amendment.

Decision:

The United States Supreme Court

unanimously ruled in favor of the newspaper.

The Court said

the right to publish all statements

is protected under the First Amendment.

The Court also said

in order to prove libel,

a public official must show

that what was said against them

was made with actual malice

– "that is, with knowledge

that it was false

or with reckless disregard for the truth."

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/
supreme-court-landmarks/new-york-times-v-sullivan-podcast 

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/
supreme-court-landmarks/new-york-times-v-sullivan-podcast

censorship

censorship of financial information        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/nov/10/
pressandpublishing.business

ban

ban

gag order

issue gagging order

gag the press / a newspaper

legal gag        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/24/
pressandpublishing.usnews 

be gagged        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/mar/03/uk.media 

gag        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/07/
bigbrother.channel4 

prior restraint injunctions -

forcing a newspaper or broadcaster

not to run a story        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/07/
pressandpublishing.partyfunding 

the right to know        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/07/pressandpublishing.partyfunding

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/mar/07/politics.pressandpublishing

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/21/freedomofinformation.media

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/30/
mondaymediasection.freedomofinformation1

kill a story

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/
nx-s1-4995105/washington-post-will-lewis-tries-to-kill-story-buzbee

1791 > USA > First Amendment

to the U.S. Constitution

media, press, newspapers,

radio, podcasting, TV,

journalism, photojournalism,

journalist safety,

free speech, free press,

fake news,

misinformation,

disinformation,

cartoons, advertising

Internet freedom / censorship