"Liberty and the News" is Walter Lippman's classic account of
how the press threatens democracy whenever it has an agenda other
than the free flow of ideas. Arguing that there is a necessary
connection between liberty and truth, Lippman excoriates the press,
claiming that it exists primarily for its own purposes and agendas
and only incidentally to promote the honest interplay of facts and
ideas. In response, Lippman sought to imagine a better way of
cultivating the news.
A brilliant essay on a persistent problem of American
democracy, "Liberty and the News" is still powerfully relevant
despite the development of countless news sources unimagined when
Lippman first published it in 1920. The problems he identifies--the
self-importance of the press, the corrosion of rumors and innuendo,
and the spinning of the news by political powers--are still with
us, and they still threaten liberty. By focusing on the direct and
necessary connection between liberty and truth, Lippmann's work
helps to clarify one of the most pressing predicaments of American
democracy today.
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