Protecting Privilege Journalists cheered when the Supreme Court ruled last June that the New York Times and others could not be restrained from publishing the Pentagon papers under the First Amendment's guarantee of press freedom. Since then the initial euphoria has faded. The Columbia Journalism Review rates the decision as a "severely qualified victory," and most editors agree. After all, three of the Justices thought prior restraint on publication was called for in that case, and individual opinions showed that a majority might favor its use in other circumstances....
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