free press
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- noun
- /fri prɛs/
- Literature
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prensa libre
- Doesn't everyone here realize that without a free press we don't have a real democracy?
- free press and speech
- free press and democracy
- right to a free press
The cost of a Free Press and yes, it's worth it.
- The cost of a Free Press and yes, it's worth it.
- I cannot get my head round why our Free Press are allowed to lie.
- But I, I think of the demonization of a Free Press right now.
- But the Russia is a place where the Free Press doesn't exist already for a long period of time.
- We're, I'm excited to start tonight's class is first draft of history, how a Free Press protects freedom.
- He banned public gatherings, arrested politicians, imposed martial law and also banned the Free Press.
- So China will ultimately experience the pressure to develop opposition parties and a Free Press.
- And, you know, many of us were raised, you know, with an understanding, for example, that Russia is a country that does not have a Free Press.
- You see Free Press in the United States.
- And the Free Press wanted to cover similar stories.
- You know, the, the, the, the Free Press, let's call it that at the time were very aligned.
- And last but not least, they got as much Free Press as the Kardashian, which is quite an achievement which Disneyland can only dream of.
Examples
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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a free press.
Fiction book (2000) -
And a free press helps to make sure that elections are on the up and up.
Fiction book (2000) -
And the Free Press wanted to cover similar stories.
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So it's a big country with a free press.
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I respect the free press.
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A free press can print anything, including lies.
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Well, a free press is the cornerstone of a free world.
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Speaking such truths is also the responsibility of a free press.
Academic text (2006) -
If China is becoming more open, the prospects for a free press in Hong Kong seem reasonably bright.
Academic text (1999) -
In a democracy, a free press is essential for holding the government accountable.
How Free
- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'free' (not controlled) combined with 'press' (news media) yields 'news media that operate independently'. This sense is the straightforward interpretation for learners who know both words and is cross-linguistically common, so B1 learners can readily infer it.
Etymology
Free press comes from the old printing press, the machine that made newspapers, and the idea of being free, or 'not controlled' by the government. Imagine a press that can print what it wants; that's why free press means news outlets that can report and criticize without government control.