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Who Will Hold Government Responsible When There Are No More Newspapers?

Newspapers’ disappearance, largely unimaginable five years ago, has become real as papers large and small have been threatened by online competition and hit by the economic recession. The press is government’s watchdog. It helps citizens exercise their right “to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The existence of a free press is taken for granted. But if the press as we know it disappears, will democracy be the same? That's the question award-winning journalist and former Newsday editor Anthony Marro addressed at the ACLU-VT annual meeting. You can watch his talk below.

Other recent ACLU videos (on You Tube):

• Highlights Of The ACLU's Work In 2009 Around The Country
• Justice Denied: Voices From Guantanamo
• Liberate The Breast Cancer Gene
• School Strip-Search Case Before Supreme Court
• Close Gitmo And End Military Commissions
• 100 Miles From The Border
• Accountable For Torture
• Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity

(Please note that by playing these clips, You Tube will place a long-term cookie on your computer. Please see You Tube’s privacy statement on their web site to learn more. To view the National ACLU’s privacy statement, click here.) You can also go directly to You Tube to view the videos there.