The publics right to know. The Constitutional responsibility of the press.

The Constitutional responsibility of the press is to inform the public. The First Amendment comes into direct conflict with the rights and responsibilities of media coverage. There is a fine line between personal privacy and the publics right to know. The constitution overrides the option of privacy beside the amendment of freedom of speech or freedom of the press. Freedom of the press is to be guarded as an inalienable right of the people in …showed first 75 words of 920 total…

…showed last 75 words of 920 total…the news. The information is prompt and precise highlighting the most important facts. If I was a journalists put in this hypothetical situation I would push the power of the journalist to the very edge. That is why the law was written to protect a journalist from the possibility of going to far. As for the twist of right verses wrong , would sit on the shoulders of the average opinion. The Publics Right to Know