EXTRA: The power of the First Amendment

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EXTRA: The power of the First Amendment

Three of the area’s experts on communication and speech talk about what the First Amendment means, its limits and its controversies.

Tracey Madigan

September 25, 2017 6:31 am

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Guests: Cary Hatch, CEO of MDB Communications and expert on media and brands; Rob Stoddard, senior vice president for NCTA, the Internet and Television Association; and Gene Policinski, chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute, as well as its First Amendment Center.

Topics: what the First Amendment means, public vs. private protections, the limits of free speech, and the controversy surrounding the five freedoms.

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