A free press plays a key role in sustaining and monitoring a healthy democracy, as well as in contributing to greater accountability, good government, and economic development. Most importantly, restrictions on media are often an early indicator that governments intend to assault other democratic institutions.Freedomhouse.org: Freedom Of The Press. [2007. július 15-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva]. (Hozzáférés: 2010. december 25.)
A free press plays a key role in sustaining and monitoring a healthy democracy, as well as in contributing to greater accountability, good government, and economic development. Most importantly, restrictions on media are often an early indicator that governments intend to assault other democratic institutions.Freedomhouse.org: Freedom Of The Press. [2007. július 15-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva]. (Hozzáférés: 2010. december 25.)