When the media began, it had a political agenda. It was an outlet through which the common people would criticize the government. The right to criticize was established in 1735 by John Peter Zenger, the first journalist to criticize the government in his newspaper, The New York Weekly Journal. Zenger was jailed by the government, but found not guilty by the jury. This was the first time anyone had publicly protested against the government, fought persecution in the courts, and won. Thus, this case set the precedent for the First Amendment.

In the early history of American Journalism most newspaper articles were editorials. As the media's influence grew, the government began to tak

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