I weep for the future

Seriously, I would've thought the fight for the freedom of the press would've already been won:

One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, according to a survey being released Monday.

The survey of 112,003 students finds that 36 percent believe newspapers should get "government approval" of stories before publishing; 51 percent say they should be able to publish freely; 13 percent have no opinion.

Asked whether the press enjoys "too much freedom," not enough or about the right amount, 32 percent say "too much," and 37 percent say it has the right amount. Ten percent say it has too little.

The sad thing is that if Democrats were to stand up for the first amendment, we would see them painted as concerned their so called loyal media was about to be taken down. Of course, the conservative bloggers are so concerned with their "new media" which has even fewer constraints than the current press does (thanks, atrios) that for them to wage the battle would be almost laughable.

In no way am I suggesting anyone roll over on this issue, I'm just stating the facts as I see them.