Monday, August 04, 2008

The truth is not libelous

On this day, Aug 04, 1735, Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. That jury said, "The truth is not libelous."

And freedom of the press, of speech, of religion is not still under attack by fascist forces still today?