A New Meaning to "Freedom of the Press"


	A New Meaning to "Freedom of the Press"

BartendingBear

11-1-2009 1:00 PM

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"I think it is a compromise we can live with and it seems to be a compromise the White House can live with. It's certainly better than the status quo," Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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