But we have elections and a free press as in any democratic country.
Those 18 months were telling - because the only reason the full story came out at all was down to a free press.
That was possible only with help of so called 'free press and media'.
I'm not happy with what is called the free press in America.
This could be a dangerous new test of the American people and its free press.
"I really believe the only check on government power is a free and independent press," he said.
We consider the need for a free press is very great at the moment.
The free press has a central place in the Constitution because it can provide information the public needs to make things right again.
They spoke out for such things as a free press.
A free press does not have easy access to the places on the earth where these things happen.