“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
–Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787. (This basic canon has never changed, Mein Führer)
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“In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government.”
Justice Hugo Black in his concurring opinion in the Pentagon Papers case. I would suggest that your readers watch the film “The Post”.