‘Freedom of press’ a privilege we enjoy
An ancient lawyer who has no experience in journalism should be the last individual to suggest how to encourage the citizens of Chattanooga and Hamilton County to subscribe to the brainchild of Adolph Ochs as a new reader or continue to pay the increased monthly proposed cost by those who enjoy scanning either the Sunday print edition or the daily digital copy.
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution involving “free speech” and “freedom of the press” are two of the privileges that we as Americans have/take for granted but do not appreciate to the extent of what we have.
The printed opinions of readers and The Rant should be expanded to five to seven days to give the “purchasing public” the opportunity to present their interpretation as to what taxpayers are entitled to hear in addition to biased views on talk shows on cable television as well as the rosy promotion of ad agencies in the media.
Under the First Amendment we are still free to critique the loonies on the left and right side of the TFP (pages B6-7).