#1588: The Fight For Free Speech | The Best Of Our Knowledge

February 26, 2021 • 00:27:27
#1588: The Fight For Free Speech | The Best Of Our Knowledge
The Best Of Our Knowledge
#1588: The Fight For Free Speech | The Best Of Our Knowledge

Feb 26 2021 | 00:27:27

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Show Notes

In our age of digital communication, social upheaval, and political division, the issues surrounding our First Amendment rights are more complicated and controversial than ever. A lot of people are using those free speech rights to argue about free speech without really understanding…free speech. That’s an issue that Ian Rosenberg hopes to clarify in his new book The Fight For Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms. Ian Rosenberg is a media lawyer for ABC News and teaches Media Law at Brooklyn College. I asked why this was the time to tackle free speech. (more…)

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