The Press, Press Freedom, and Our Freedom 0
Excerpt from a story in Editor and Publisher. Follow the link to read the whole thing:
WILLIAM SAFIRE: Look, I don’t speak for the Times. I’ve been in the Times for 30 years disagreeing with Times editorial policy right down the line. On this one, I think they did the right thing. Here we are on Independence Day weekend, 230 years ago, celebrating what was the resistance to a king who said “We’re going to hang you for treason.†And here we have a Long Island congressman, happens to be named King, who’s saying “treason†and “put these reporters in jail.â€
I think there’s a big fundamental thing going on here now, and across the board, of “get the press, get the media.†And, look, I used to write speeches for Spiro Agnew, I’m hip to this stuff, and, and I can say that it gives you a blip, it gives you a chance to get on the offensive against the, the darned media. But in the long view of history, it’s a big mistake.
