Question Everything with Brian Reed

Freedom of the press is great, until you're the target


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For decades, a Supreme Court decision called New York Times vs Sullivan was widely beloved by people across the political spectrum. Hailed as a decision that gives the first amendment teeth and sets our country apart, as a place that prizes free speech.


But recently, right under our noses, some of the same people who once sang Times v Sullivan's praises have turned against it. 


The story of the growing movement that is trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn perhaps the strongest protection for speech and the press in America.


This is part one of a two part series about the book Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful, by Times investigative editor David Enrich.


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