[Jonty30]

I know that. Free press is free thought on paper that the person can free distribute to whomever will read his work.

But some reference to show this as an intention by the Forefathers would be great. I’m arguing against a liberal, who thinks a free press means a press that is formed by a select group of people, that we call journalists. He thinks it doesn’t apply to people in general.

[Robert DeLong]

It clearly states:

The right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government.

That means anyone who has the ability to print has the right to circulate it. They do not have to have a degree in journalism or any other discipline for that matter.

History - Freedom of the Press

American free press ideals can be traced back to Cato’s Letters, a collection of essays criticizing the British political system that were published widely across pre-Revolutionary America.

The essays were written by Brits John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon. They were published under the pseudonym of Cato between 1720 and 1723. (Cato was a statesman and outspoken critic of corruption in the late Roman Republic.) The essays called out corruption and tyranny in the British government.

A generation later, Cato’s Letters frequently were quoted in newspapers in the American colonies as a source of revolutionary political ideas.

[antidisestablishment]

“free press means a press that is formed by a select group of people, that we call journalists”

Gosh, it’s disgusting what our education indoctrination system teaches. It takes a lot of schooling to become this ignorant.

[GOPJ]

Journalists - the ones who get paid to write - want to limit ‘freedom of the press’ to themselves. That way they become the gatekeepers once again.

You don't have to explain anything to the jerk you're talking to - just tell him monopolies are horrible things in practice.