Press Defenders Gifts

Freedom of Press

'Whe they said 'God is my Judge', I didn't realize He was a real attorney.'

"We've won control of the congress. Our next objective is to win control of the media."

"Wow. . . is that you, Mr Erdogan. . . Mr Kim Jong-un. . . Mr Putin. . . Mr Maduro. . . Mr. Bin-Salman. . . Mr al-Assad. . ."

"The enemy of the people!"

Social media and censorship...

Cartoonist Stabbed By Censorship Swords

"What? You like political cartoons??! You won't get a visa!"

Elizabeth Warren is kicked out of the Senate for reading Coretta Scott King's letter about Jeff Sessions.

Quadruple dark hot chocolate. Whoa, everything all right? Sure, yeah, great. I'm a journalist and writer in an era in which the printed word has been totally devalued by free distribution of information on the internet. Can I pay in prose? Point taken.

Autocensure

Goal

'I was going to leak this to wikileaks. Then I thought, why not write a 'tell all' book instead?'

The Daily Me

'It drives me crazy when people whine about the collapse of the system!'

"My client will not answer that question as it presupposes his sanity."

'I've been charged with evading jury duty.'

Rupert Murdoch in the mud.

'You have the right to remain silent and to the counsel of a motivational speaker.'

'ANOTHER fatwah?! Who have you been sharing your thoughts with this time?'

Press spy infiltrates Buckingham palace dressed as a guard.

Which statement did Thomas Jefferson make on Jan. 16, 1787?

The killing of journalists

'A bit of shush please, I'm about to write them a damn stiff memo!'

"Unfortunately your Twitter has been hacked. Fortunately it has been hacked by someone much cooler and funnier than you."

We contend that the boy cried wolf too many times, leaving my client no choice but to eat him.

"The genius of the justice system for us is that everyone has the right to a lawyer."

Woman Feeds Her Husband Through the Morning Paper.

power of press

"My client got twenty years, yet he paid me in full. It just shows the system works."

"Hi, I'm your court-appointed lawyer-whoa! Don't tell me you've been executed already."

"Bad news - your DNA was delicious."

"Normally, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. These closing arguments would be filled with impassioned pleading, determined advocacy and a certain amount of histrionics, but this is a pro bono case."

"As soon as I get the paperwork together I'll file an appeal. Sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day."

Journalist murder.