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What We So Take for Granted:  Freedom of the Press

By Remy Benoit

    From the Archives of the Times of London we have a reminder that Freedom of the Press is a hard won civil liberty and one that must be protected. With instant cameras and satellite links, we have become accustomed to instant reportage. That, obviously, was not always so.
    
   Step back 200 years to the House of Commons and the struggle for the press to find seats, take notes, and report what they heard and saw:May 13, 2003 The genesis of the Parliamentary Press Gallery by nick mays, Deputy Archivist.

   From the Historical New York Times online, check out the date, January 1, 1900. and note the number of pages in the paper.

   For a brief history of the Times Picayune:Times Picayune.  Here in Louisiana, we are celebrating our Bicentennial Year. Visit with us at: Louisiana Purchase.  And hey, what other states were carved out of the Purchase Territory?

   Which brings us back to the press, and reportage, and the necessity of its being accurate reportage.

Visit with the French at the Washington Post:France Says It Is Target of Untruths
U.S. Official Calls Claim 'Nonsense' by Karen De Young.



   Which takes us back to 1789: Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen. and Declaration of Rights of Woman and of the Citizen>

   Which takes us back to 1776: The Charters of Freedom.

   Which takes us back to 1215: Magna Carta.

   Which takes us back to c399BCE:Pericles and Athenian Democracy.

   Which takes us back to: Ancient Sumer.  and Code of Hammurabi.

   And all the other "Cradles" of our lives.

   Perhaps we need some coffee and croissant and a nap.  Perhaps we all need to take more time to consider what we have in common rather than what separates us>



  

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