Government Censorship

A celebrated legal case in 1734-1735 involved John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper printer. He printed a newspaper that publicly bashed the ruler at this time, and he was taken to jail. He was taken to court and charged with seditious libel for assailing the corrupt royal governor of New York. His lawyer Andrew Hamilton defended him well, and was made famous for his speech "truth cannot be libel." This court case paved the way for freedom of the press in the United States to be adopted in the constitution. On one hand the government probably wanted the public to believe that the royal governor was a model citizen and this was destroying everything they had worked for. However it is his right to say what ever he wants as long as it doesn't lead to a political up rising. All together though, I believe that the government should never censor information from public just for the intent of giving the public the knowledge to plan for the future.