Definition of "free press" []

• Alternative form of freedom of the press. (noun)

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• "But let them play Old Tommy Jenkins first with Capital and State Industries and the free press and religious sects."
• "Sangre was a local TV reporter who believed that the gorier a story was, the more vital it was for people to have a free press that could fill them in on as many gruesome details as possible."
• "Borrowers default on anywhere from 35 percent to 50 percent of all bank loans.39 In a right-side-of-the-J-curve state, a free press could report these problems to the public, and voters would hold elected officials accountable."