Wyden Calls for Passage of PRESS Act
December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2022:
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If you don't have a free press, you don't have a democracy. Individual freedom and press freedom go hand in hand.
If you want to see what happens when governments undermine and then eliminate the free press, look at Russia. Look at Saudi Arabia. Look at Iran. Information becomes a tool of power, abuse, and manipulation in the hands of the government rathe . . .
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If you don't have a free press, you don't have a democracy. Individual freedom and press freedom go hand in hand.
If you want to see what happens when governments undermine and then eliminate the free press, look at Russia. Look at Saudi Arabia. Look at Iran. Information becomes a tool of power, abuse, and manipulation in the hands of the government rathe . . .