McCormick's Free Press Ideals
Before Robert McCormick's control of The Chicago Tribune, very few publishers ventured to publish radical ideas and opinionated material because they could be subjected to censorship. When Robert McCormick's sought to define the rights and responsibilities of a free press after his experiences in WWI, his definition created controversy.
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Excerpt from: A Preliminary Study of the Freedom of the Press as it Affects the Rights of Advertisers, by Robert R. McCormick
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(Source: Richard Norton Smith: The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, Illinois Channel Archives)
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In the audio clip, Healy describes the rights McCormick sought when setting the standard for First Amendment press protection.
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