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Zenger
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Zeng·er  (znggr, -r), John Peter 1697-1746.
German-born colonial printer and journalist whose acquittal (1735) of libel charges in New York City established a legal precedent for freedom of the press.


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Byline: Jeffrey Long COLUMN: MOVIE REVIEW When we think of historically notable advocates of freedom of the press, we might think of Worcester's own Isaiah Thomas, as well as John Peter Zenger, Nat Hentoff, and, of course, Barnet Lee Rosset Jr.
00 Hardcover JK2249 From Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist and businessman recently convicted of defrauding American Indian tribes and corrupting public officials, to John Peter Zenger, the newspaper publisher whose 1735 trial and acquittal for sedition and libel for accusing the Governor of New York of corruption set an important free speech standard in the United States, this two-volume encyclopedia contains some 300 articles detailing the history of political corruption in the United States.
The printer's trial; the case of John Peter Zenger and the fight for a free press.
 
 
 
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