Free press rights replaced speaking rights with the right to be spoken to

Evidence

In granting freedom of the press, the Constitution sacrificed, despite the qualifying clause, the right of people to speak to one another and to inform themselves. For such rights the Constitu- tion substituted the more abstract right to be spoken to and to be informed by others, especially specialist, professional classes. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 633

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 633
• XREF: connects to: Press freedom replaced citizens’ right to speak with a right to be informed; First Amendment and private reading eroded the public sphere of discussion — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 647; Privatization, not the Bill of Rights, caused censorship’s decline — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 647 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Responsibility-to-Protect discourse shifted sovereignty from nations to individuals #complicates (0.30)
• Human rights and democracy discourse replaced older imperial justifications for war #complicates (0.25) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 403