Free Speech

Paragraph: 8 - N48* But New York Times and succeeding cases have emphasized that the stake of the people in public business and the conduct of public officials is so great that neither the defense of truth nor the standard of ordinary care would protect against self-censorship and thus adequately implement First Amendment policies. Neither lies nor false communications serve the ends of the First Amendment, and no one suggests their desirability or further proliferation. But to insure the ascertainment and publication of the truth about public affairs, it is essential that the First Amendment protect some erroneous publications as well as true ones. We adhere to this view and to the line which our cases have drawn between false communications which are protected and those which are not

Notes:

• N48* / / / / Interesting discussion of need to protect forms of communication that do not serve the ends of the First Amendment; publishers need to be protected from liability for false or erroneous communications in order to fulfill their part of the search for truth

Preferred Terms:

• (is) erroneous publications
• (why is) search for truth
• (is) (some) false communications

Phrase match: protect against self-censorship and thus adequately

Source: http://freespeech.iath.virginia.edu/exist-speech/cocoon/freespeech/FOS_newSTerms_One?doc=/db/fos_all/federal/SC/1960s/19680429.390.US.727.xml&keyword1=censorship&wordsBefore=3&wordsAfter=3#m1

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