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The freedom of the press is the freedom to publish. That has very little to do with the methods used to gather the information in the first place, or the type of information gathered.

Freedom of the press is a subset and clarification of freedom of speech - it is important that it is not treated differently. It is not the freedom for the "press" as an establishment to do whatever they want in the persuit of material.

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Freedom of the press is specifically intended to protect the ability of private citizens to document the actions of government. Freedom of speech protects the ability to publish those facts. In combination these rights are intended to hold government accountable to the citizens. The proceedings which take place in a courtroom are by definition actions of government, and should therefore be subject to whatever means of documentation members of the private press deem most effective for their ends.

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