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Show A Free Press Thursday, Jan. WEST VALLEY VIEW 7 My Window To The World . . . 14, 1982 Citizens Have A Check On Government Secrecy , Deception (Editors Note: The is the third place entry in a Green following Sheet-sponsore- con- d test aimed at creating a greater awareness and understanding of a free press in this country. The writer is a resident of Murray.) by Richard Hinckley The Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and of the press to each of us as individuals. Yet, it must be frankly acknowledged that the reality of an informed citizenry depends on the work of the organized press the newspapers and the broadcast media. It is only the press that has the resources met the president, the press acts as the ears for all even though we of us. is apparent to all. Out of these two national traumas, a kind of What would be the significance of voting in an election when the have- It is now primarily nt. It is the historic role through the press that we learn the burning of the First Amendissues of the day. It is ment to stand between in response to the news the individual and the to provide cont- that the press brings state, the orthodox and inuously and on a us that we in turn form the unorthodox, and to large scale sources of our own opinions and carve out a protected information and per- views, soon to turn up space in which each of spectives on public as a statistic in a poll us is free to think as we issues as a counter- that may then influ- choose and to speak as point to the news re- ence the views of still we think in regard to leases coming out of others. public issues. official governmental In addition, it is alInto this inner proagencies or corporate most exclusively tected sphere, governheadquarters. through the press that ment may not interThe right to speak is, most of us meet our vene in order to outlaw after all, dependent on leaders, by seeing certain ideas as unthe right to hear, and their faces and hear- wise, unfair, or No society ing their voices. The press view of Ronald can be truly free which does not honor freeReagan contributes, for lack of exposure to dom of speech and any other view, to our freedom of the press. individual perspect- The free trade of ideas ives. Most of us have is very much the the magical feeling engine of that we have somehow candidates were hardhitting journalism known today as chosen by the state and the results preordained? In what sense would elected officials be our representatives unless we were free to criticize them? How could we form our views on a particular government policy, if the government managed to keep the press from publishing vital information about that policy? In short, if citizens are to govern themselves in any meaningful sense, they must be able to think for themselves. In the aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate, the central role of an independent press in a free society investigative reporting" has been revived. In the best tradition of the old muckrakers who showed the dirt that had been swept under the rugs in Tammany Hall, reporters have found themselves once more taking on an adversary relationship to the government in general and to the presidency in particular. The antagonism between the press and politics is exactly what was contemplated by the draiters of the First Amendment. The founding fathers were well experienced with the British system where anyone could be pose corruption and hypocrisy in our institutions and leaders, be they public or private; to raise our both the resources and the respect to effect positive change, to educate the public about this country and world in which we live; to ex prosecuted for sedition for daring to publish criticism of the crown. In specifically guaranteeing freedom of the press, our founding fathers opted for a new open theory of government; one (See Page 9, Col. 1) TROPICAL FISK where criticism and investigation of official misconduct would be the norm. When the press is doing its job, it is decisively not part of the government, but more like an outside auditor. Quite simply, the press is the single most important check on governmental secrecy and deception that we as citizens 159 Blue 98c Paradise Red Serpea Tetras. . . 59c Assorted Discus MILLCREEK ITBd) GARDENS have. The press is presented with remarkable 487-413- opportunities during this era of transition. It has at its disposal 3500 900 SO. 1 EAST SOLID VALUES FOR YOUR HOME Friday is Jurniturt company TO SAVE YOU MORE GRANITE PAY In ONLY Midvale - offering counseling services to both individuals and families here. 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