Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter." Not everyone agrees.

The concept of a free press is challenged by such issues as anonymity of journalistic sources, libel law, and forms of prior restraint. Let's explore these issues and the dimensions of a free press in the poll and pages that follow...

First, let's take a Quick Poll...