history of the newspaper
"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." So wrote Thomas Jefferson to a friend in January 1787. The concept of the newspaper that the founding father of the American Declaration of Independence, so obdurately spoke of, had rested on a foundation that has lasted six hundred years. The modern newspaper, in comparison to that which had been forged from the pamphlets distributed by churches across the United States during the Renaissance, acted under a notion that still exists today. This notion is that the newspaper was the easiest method to educate the masses on issues that needed to be addressed, while making the deliberation of such announcements far easier to comprehend. There has been a great debate on the nature of these announcements. Thomas Jefferson, who was an active participator in such debates, was not the first to distinguish the difference between freely gathered news and news which was managed. Managed news had always acted in favour of those releasing the news to the public, serving as a propaganda machine. By having freely gathered news, which is a
The concept of the "freedom of the press" within Canada has always been upheld by publishers and journalists of various Canadian newspapers. The publishers of such newspapers not only act as an economic asset but as the moral and democratic watch dogs for Canada. Newspapers such as "The Toronto Star" have profoundly impacted the way Canadians perceive how the government is running as well as their current status. The power of the press is immense, as they are the true representatives of democracy; making sure that the truth is always accessible. constitutional right, Thomas Jefferson had given Americans the right to freely collect information and make intelligent decisions based on the information they had collected. The concept of the newspaper was founded during the 1400's in the form of privately circulating letters and pamphlets. These papers contained wild stories and tales, but were passed on as legitimate "news". The invention of the printing press allowed the average citizen the opportunity to read the news first hand. Though forms of daily news were available as far back as 59 B.C, when the Acta Diruna (Daily Events) was published by Julius Caesar and placed in prominent places, the average citizen either did not take the time to read it or did not have the opportunity to do so. The same approach had been made by the Chinese during the 6th to 20th Century. Unfortunately
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