Freedom of press.

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(03-02-2017, 06:04 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: So, Pew had a poll (I know, I know, polls bad, blah blah) and it was interesting to me. http://www.people-press.org/2017/03/02/large-majorities-see-checks-and-balances-right-to-protest-as-essential-for-democracy/

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I'm kind of curious how folks on here feel. Is a free press essential to democracy? I'm not saying a press that in unaccountable and can just print whatever, but the ability for a press to be critical of the administration. Is that essential to a democracy? And this is for everyone, because this was also the lowest scoring one among Democrats on this.

The problem with a poll such as this is that those on the Right believe that the majority of the press is on the Left, not just leans Left but full on Left. Those on the Right feel that the press is a propaganda arm of the Democrat Party and that the press doesn't tell the truth and has an agenda.