The Purpose of Open Journalism and Free Speech

Francis Canavan, the US Supreme Court, and the Present Crises of Censorship and Suppression

Despite our habit of talking about the freedom of speech…the significant questions more often concerned the freedom of publication...

Francis Canavan, S.J., from Freedom of Expression:  Purpose as Limit, 1984.

What was the traditional American journalism, that is, the journalism done from the Revolutionary Era up to the transitional window of 2004-2014, f…