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21 " These instruments can spread lies faster and farther than our forefathers dreamed when they enshrined the freedom of the press in the First Amendment to our Constitution. "
― Mark R. Levin , Unfreedom of the Press
22 " Indeed, the Commission on Freedom of the Press had specifically emphasized that the media must pay special attention to the difference between fact and opinion. "
23 " journalism has become an overwhelmingly progressive enterprise, and the disingenuousness with which it is mostly denied, defended, or even celebrated often leads to a pack mentality, groupthink, repetition, and even propaganda presented as news. "
24 " newsrooms and journalists have also traveled far from the substantive principles and beliefs that animated the early printers, pamphleteers, and newspaper publishers who gave birth to press freedom and American independence. "
25 " Money speaks louder than the public, problems overwhelm it, fatigue sets in, attention falters, cynicism swells. A "
26 " But when the media function as a propaganda tool for a "
27 " must demand a media worthy of our great republic. "
28 " Americans believe that the media have an important role to play in our democracy—yet they don’t see that role being fulfilled. "
29 " For the first time in our history, the news increasingly is produced by companies outside journalism, and this new economic organization is important. "
30 " should be to assemble not only a newsroom that might resemble the community but also one that is as open and honest so that this diversity can function. "