Pertaining to this i awhile back was reading about the freedom of the press in the glow of the aftermath of 1776.
It was unlimited.
Even Alexander Hamilton using a pseudonym would publish libelous articles pointed at his fellow Cabinet member Thomas J.
Tom knew of course, and Jefferson and Hamilton would go at, as always.:)
The extaordinary thing this is what Washington wanted, he picked Jefferson and Hamilton as he had this naive dream that the cabinet shouldn't be a party power group--and picked the two men that were most at odds about where the government should go---Jefferson of course, the state rightist, and Hamilton the Federalist.( first cabinet was but Jefferson and Hamilton, with Knox then being added)
I also learned how i can be prejudging as whenever i noted that Hamilton was born in Nevis, i assumed he was a son of some rich english plantation owner, but not the case; he was instead but a poor orphan who was befriended by a richer man on noting the brilliance of this teen-ager, then still in Nevis.
One thing when one looks at these men, both Jefferson and Hamilton were both brilliant,and George Washington wanted to sit between both these men and hear them argue:)
I need verify but i have heard Washington was the first of the Virginians, to on his death bestow, via his last will and testament, freedom to all his slaves, but i stress i need verify.
Back to the freedom of the press i have pre-civil war Harper Bazaar issues and was dumbfounded to find here and there definitely ribald cartoons that in no way could have been ever published in such as the NewYorker or the old Saturday Evening Post.
But basically the freedom of press was sacred, NO ONE dare mess with it.
This matter with NewsWeek would literally have been a call for immediate removal of a president, and if he didn't step down he would have been thrown out, even if it meant a call to armed rebellion.
We are seeing the freedom of the press crushed because the populace is permitting it to happen.
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