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Students Say Press has “Too Much Freedom”

HeadlineFeb 01, 2005

A new survey of high school students has found that one in three students feel that newspapers should get “government approval” of stories prior to publication. One third of students also said the press has “too much freedom.” Jack Dvorak, director of the High School Journalism Institute at Indiana University in Bloomington said the survey confirms that students are not learning enough about the First Amendment in school.

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