Episode
How Freedom of the Press Works
57:51
Published: Tue Jun 07 2022
Description
Countries around the world – capitalist democracies to communist unitary states – guarantee a free press in their constitutions. It turns out, though, that there is a galaxy of methods for subverting a free press. Find out why that matters in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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