❌ Nope. We have not found a reliable source for this statement attributed to Thomas Jefferson that links the condemnation of a free press to 'the words of a tyrant.'
to the United States Constitution, which states that"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Even so, a strained and even combative relationship has long existed between the mainstream press and the U.S. government, and particularly with those persons who have held the office of the presidency throughout the nation's history and have seen their agendas unrelentingly scrutinized, criticized, and even ridiculed by the pressdealings with the press than others.
But no chief executive in modern times has feuded with the press more than President Donald Trump, who has excoriated the mainstream media for feeding the public what he calls"fake news" and labeled journalists"enemies of the people." That timing couldn't be better for the circulation of a quote attributed to Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, who supposedly warned two centuries ago that"When the speech condemns a free press, you are hearing the words of a tyrant."
To be sure, in his public utterances Jefferson showed himself to be an inveterate defender of the freedom of the press (private
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