The First Amendment and the media in the court of public opinion

• Main Author: Yalof, David Alistair
• Other Authors: Dautrich, Kenneth
• Format: Unknown
• Published: Cambridge U.K. New York Cambridge University Press 2002
• Subjects: Freedom of the press > Public opinion > United States; Freedom of the press > United States; Public opinion > United States
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• Physical Description: xii, 155 p. ill. 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-149) and index
• ISBN: 0521804663 (hardback); 0521011817 (paperback)

In light of recent frustrations with the press over its increasingly sensationalistic coverage of the news, no liberty is more vulnerable to the vagaries of the current political climate than is "freedom of the press." By considering public opinion data from two original surveys (1997 and 1999) on free press rights against the backdrop of modern First Amendment jurisprudence, this study offers new and original insights into the nature of popular support for these rights.