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Episode Synopsis
For decades, a Supreme Court decision called New York Times vs Sullivan was widely beloved by people across the political spectrum. Hailed as a decision that gave the first amendment teeth and made our country great.
But recently, under our noses, some of the same people who once sang its praises have turned against it.
The story of the growing movement that is trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn one of the strongest protections for speech and the press in America.
This is part one of a two part series about the book Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful, by Times investigative editor David Enrich.
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