...be an editor or have access, as of right, to the audience of any given medium of communication. But it does belong to the intention of the freedom of...processes of free speech have brought to public attention. 9 But the moral right of free public expression is not unconditional. Since the claim of the right...

...Responsible Press," published in 1947. 59 "The press is not free," the Commission report pointed out, "if those who operate it behave as though their position...of free speech have brought to public attention." 60 The Commission elaborated further: To protect the press is no longer automatically to protect the...

...potential that such expression would be blocked by the media. "The press is not free," they wrote, "if those who operate it behave as though their position...them the privilege of being deaf to ideas which the process of free speech has brought to public attention." Just 20 years after the Hutchins Commission...

...which their owners do not share" (1947, P- viii; italics added). The commission also believed that "the press is not free if those who operate it behave...processes of free speech have brought to public attention" (1947, p. 9). It concluded with a scenario that current Canadian media owners might ponder if they...