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Editorial: What Have We Learned?
September 3rd, 2005

Editorial: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
August 17th, 2005

Editorial: What Is a Consultant to Do?
July 5th, 2005

Editorial: Six Land Use Petitions in Play
June 25th, 2005

Editorial: Poaching & Plagiarism
June 13th, 2005

Editorial: Upward and Onward in 2005
May 24th, 2005

Editorial: Farewell Maureen
May 17th, 2005

Editorial: Speaking About Speak Out
May 10th, 2005

Editorial: Informed Voters Wanted
March 26th, 2005

Editorial: Health Needs Survey Well Received
February 12th, 2005

Editorial: Fire Protection, Fire Insurance and Tax Justice
January 25th, 2005

Editorial: Cedar Key Health Service Survey
January 14th, 2005

Editorial: New Year`s Resolution
December 31st, 2004

Editorial: Do We Need Better Healthcare in Cedar Key?
December 16th, 2004

Editorial: Help Defend Us
October 29th, 2004

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Editorial: a Free Press

Editorial: a Free Press

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Freedom of the Press, protected by the Constitution of the United States, may be the citizens' most important defense against oppressive government, corrupt officials and predatory corporations. Not only must the press be free, but also independent.

Government control of mass media was extraordinary in the now defunct USSR. Even today, dictators in many countries close newspapers and liquidate journalists. In the face of scripted press conferences and selective leaks, the press must endeavor to be independent.

The increasing concentration of news media held by large corporations is a threat to a free press. That coupled with corporate emphasis on profit threatens the independence in the pursuit of truth.

Cedar Key News, a non-profit membership organization, is free of government and corporate control. Should we fail to report problems, we encourage our readers to use letters to the editor to identify and offer solutions to the problems they find. By whatever means, we hope to carry on and protect the tradition of a free and independent press in America.

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