First Principles & Last Things: Free Press, Free Country

Thomas Jefferson preferred newspapers to government; Aristotle believed a good citizen was measured by the extent to which they were informed. A free society needs a free press because citizens cannot govern themselves without access to accurate information. But because journalism has enormous influence over what citizens know, journalists must use that influence to serve truth and encourage independent judgment, rather than framing their own as fact. Join Andrew Schofield in the pilot of "First Principles & Last Things," where he pitches a standard for ethical journalism.