Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Seems to me "the press" is a generic term meaning anyone that publishes information/news outside of a book or magazine.
Which, IMO, would include Drudge, Breitbart and FR.
“Seems to me “the press” is a generic term meaning anyone that publishes information/news outside of a book or magazine.”
I see nothing that excludes books or magazines. They are press too. Arguably important ones.
>> Seems to me “the press” ...
Relating to the printing press which was often a quasi-underground operation during the Revolutionary period.
Don’t le Mumble Bumbler see you post that.
There are Freepers waging an unholy war against people who embrace news from outside the established professionals.