jan 1, 1644 - Areopagitica
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In England John Milton, a famous poet, wrote and published Areopagitica.
This speech called for the freedom of the press, meaning that people should be able to report the news without government trying to stop them.
Many of the ideas that Milton wrote about are very important to the modern principles of journalism, but it didn't really change the way that governments controlled information in newspapers at that time.
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