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Line 1: {{~~trope~~Useful Notes}} The United States is one of the few countries where the government is specifically prohibited from licensing the press or reporters or otherwise shutting down a newspaper simply because they don't like the content. While the average Joe knows their rights are protected by the court case of ''[[Miranda Rights\|Miranda v. Arizona]]'', most people are unaware of one of the pivotal cases denying press censorship in the United States: ''Near v. Minnesota'', which basically said the government can't shut down a newspaper no matter how much it finds its content objectionable. [[As You Know\|Of course,]] [[All There in the Manual\|freedom of the press is guaranteed in the first amendment to the Constitution.]] Line 43: Not officially national, but two papers with wide-reaching national influence are: * ''The New York Times''—Founded in 1851. Daily read of the East Coast intelligentsia, known as the "Old Grey Lady" (although since they've started printing in color it [[Artifact Title\|doesn't make sense anymore]]). ~~and~~The United States' ''de facto'' [[wikipedia:newspaper of record\|newspaper of record]] in the ~~"Newspaper~~absence of ~~Record~~a state-sponsored newspaper." Most famous for publishing the "Pentagon Papers," which was a classified government report on how the USA got into and ran the [[Vietnam War]]. The government tried to stop it from being published, but the courts ruled that the government had to show an extreme danger before the press could be stopped from publishing something. No [[Newspaper Comics\|comics]], but the best crossword in the nation. The ''Times'' also owns the ''Boston Globe'' newspaper and a stake in the Red Sox. Despite its fame, it's still not recession-proof—for the first time in history, it now runs ads on the front page. Despite nominally being a New York paper, it is easily available in most parts of the country, if only by being the paper sold at most Starbucks (which also gives a hint as to its readership). A rarity in today's market, the ''Times'' is still a basically a family business, with a majority of shares controlled by the Ochs/Sulzberger family since 1896. * ''The Washington Post''—Main paper of the capital region. Most famous for exposing Watergate, as seen in the movie ''[[All the President's Men\|All the Presidents Men]]''. Both the ''Post'' and the ''New York Times'' were in competition to be the first to report on Watergate as it unfolded, but the ''Post'' first brought it to light and did most of the exposing. One reason was that they had the informer Deep Throat (a top FBI official, the late W. Mark Felt) to help them. Also has good sports coverage: its sportswriters Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon are national celebrities from their daily arguments on ESPN's ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]''. From 1961 to 2010, The Washington Post Co. was also notable as the publisher of the nationally-circulated magazine ''Newsweek'', and currently also owns the Kaplan education and test-prep company, and the online magazine company Slate (which it purchased from [[Microsoft]] in 2004). Line 70: * ''The New York Sun'', which was founded in 2002 as an intentionally right-wing five-day daily, taking its name from an older paper that went under in 1950 (more known for the ''Yes Virginia, There is a [[Santa Claus]]'' editorial). Circulation was never high and the paper operated at a loss to try and build for several years. In a letter to readers published on the front page of the September 4, 2008 edition, it was announced that the paper would "cease publication at the end of September unless we succeed in our efforts to find additional financial backing." They didn't. Publication ceased on September 30. Further complicating matters, most newspapers (big and small) in the United States are owned by one of [https://web.archive.org/web/20100926024503/http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2004/narrative_newspapers_ownership.asp?cat=5&media=2 a couple dozen newspaper companies], such as Gannett, News Corp, McClatchy and MediaNews. == Magazines ==