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Lindsay Byerstein> The Myth of the Fourth Estate?

The Myth of the Fourth Estate? BY LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN April 10, 2012 In These Times Gregory Shaya has an essay on the Lapham's Quarterly blog about what he calls the myth of the Fourth Estate. Therein, he rejects both the romantic assumption that an uncensored press is all we need for a free society and More

Adam Liptak> A High-Tech War on Leaks

A High-Tech War on Leaks By Adam Liptak February 11, 2012 New York Times In the 1976 film “All the President’s Men,” Robert Redford plays Bob Woodward, who waits for his source in a parking garage. Warner Bros. Washington BACK in 2006, before the Obama administration made leak prosecutions routine, a panel of three federal More