oral communication while freedom of the press protects written communication.
Jefferson quickly made use of this new freedom in challenging the well-entrenched Federalist government of John Adams. The Federalist had early established a weekly newspaper to tell the Federalist viewpoint. Under John Fenno, the Gazette of the United States intended "to hold up the people's own government, in a favorable point of light - and, by every exertion, to endear the general government to the people" (Mott, 1943, p. 15). Jefferson realized the need for an opposition newspaper that would offer competing viewpoints, and so he established the National Gazette in 1791. Many historians largely attribute Jefferson's presidential victory over the Federalists to this opposition press.
The primary function of a free press is to ensure the maintenance of a d
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