So this is freedom of the press?

     Freedom of the press is one of our most sacred foundations - all other freedoms have some restrictions that keep people from hollering "fire" in a crowded theater, or prevent witnesses from lying in court, or from having loonies carry guns.
But there are virtually no prohibitions to freedom of the press because all our freedoms depend on a press of INTEGRITY and DIGNITY to be fair & honest and hold the government in check.
You just don't mess with the Freedom of the Press!

     So it is that this freedom is so important and so sacred that nobody should distort it for their own selfish purpose.  Nobody should violate the basic principles of the freedom of the press for their own personal and petty agenda.

     Wouldn't you think the integrity and honor of what a reporter or journalist publishes - is of the highest order...?

Isn't the dignity of what they report worth fighting for - standing up for -- even taking risks for??

Well - 
     Nooooo......not for these Gatehouse people -- if they don't get what they want in their own small minded agenda, they are going to withhold their columns.....literally hold the content of a free press as hostage!!

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/07/02/reporters-at-gatehouse-paper-withhold-bylines-after-veteran-city-editor-is-laid-off/

http://peoriapundit.blogpeoria.com/2013/07/02/reporters-rebel-mildly-at-local-gatehouse-media-publication/


     They have warped the FIRST AMENDMENT from FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - into freedom of what the reporters want for themselves!
They, in their own minds, have become the most important part of the 1st Amendment process.
Only in Peoria...