ty: As the Internet takes over as our main source of information and entertainment, this gets a little blurry. The government can censure information, images, etc., if they are ruled to be obscene n court. The ruling is based on that locality's standards, so the rulings are often inconsistent and seemingly arbitrary. Many local governments use obscenity precedents to stop lo
Access: The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled many times that the press should be treated evenhandedly and not give any special access to private information. This has been countered with public record laws, where government documents - unless otherwise approved, and often by a judge - are accessible to all citizens. Journalists, obviously, make the most use of the
