What did the 1735 trial of Peter Zenger help to establish?

witnesses. Rather than take the time to check where and how information is and was gathered the shortcut of social media, entertainment programs and rumors are legitimized.

it's a tragedy of our times that propaganda malicious untruths about, and disrespectful treatment of professional journalists has become accepted practice and behavior. Unscrupulous politicians and self named news sources have seemingly conspired to tarnish reputable and well legitimate information from the press electronic media and credentialed

BretttheKre8or, this is true. But, having written for a news site, I can attest to there still being actual journalists on the Internet. With few exceptions, I wrote about what I wanted to. And, unlike blogs and random posts, my pieces were fact-checked.

Player LaydeDarke58, while what you say may be true, the media itself has earned it's horrible reputation. Things like weathermen "fighting" to stand in the wind while average citizens walk normally behind them, and a certain white-haired "reporter" standing in a chest-deep water filled ditch while the camera crew is in 1/4 inch of water.

Apparently prior to 1734, the government could arrest a person for liable even though what they reported was true.