Freedom of the Press

In this debate on ‘Freedom of the Press’, organized by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth and moderated by Richard Tofel, RonNell Andersen Jones (Professor of Law, University of Utah Quinney College of Law) and Andy Phillips (Partner and Litigator, Clare Locke law firm (DC)) discuss whether limitations should be imposed on the American press given the reportage of blatantly inaccurate fake news and incitement of violence by certain media outfits. The debate endeavours to explore different perspectives on and paths towards the proper resolution of the question about limitations on the press due to its pertinence to the role of the press in a democratic society as well as to the functioning of a democracy itself.