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"The liberty to know" : printing from 1455 -- "Taking off vizards an d vailes and disguises" : newspapers from 1566 -- "Congress shall make no law" : journalism from 1702 -- "Here's the papers, here's the papers " : journalism from 1836 -- "Leal sovvenir" : imaging from 1413 -- "Who knows not her name" : theatre from 1513 -- "So much for stage feeling" : stage and screen from 1737 -- "Give the public what we think they ne ed" : radio from 1906 -- "American shots" : cinema from 1925 -- "See it now" : television from 1954 -- "Free expression is in very deep troubl e" : media to 1991 and beyond.