Newspaper Attention to (and Support of) First Amendment Cases, 1919-1969.

Bowles, Dorothy

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Publication Date: 1989

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Newspaper Attention to (and Support of) First Amendment Cases, 1919-1969.

Bowles, Dorothy

Journalism Quarterly, v66 n3 p579-86 Fall 1989

Examines the extent newspaper editorials in the twentieth century have supported the first amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and of the press. Finds that support of the first amendment was not always forthcoming in times of domestic crisis. (RS)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Editorials, Freedom of Speech, Journalism History, Newspapers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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