Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
Fall 1981
ISSN
0017-8039
Publisher
Harvard Law School
Language
en-US
Abstract
Unconventional approaches to frequently addressed issues can be particularly illuminating, and John Lofton's discussion of the press and the first amendment takes a decidedly unconventional tack. Rather than focusing on the theme of governmental suppression of speech, Lofton attempts to highlight another angle: the reaction of the press to both political dissent and the official suppression of that dissent from the colonial period to the present day. His purpose, he notes, is "to examine how the American press has performed when confronted with the application of the amendment to practical events."
Recommended Citation
Pnina Lahav,
Trustees of Self-Interest?
,
in
16
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
561
(1981).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2237
Comments
Review of John Lofton, The Press as Guardian of the First Amendment, South Carolina Press (1980).