(please help this is overdue) Why is freedom of the press important?

A) It protects citizens’ right to publish something that criticizes the government.

B) It provides citizens with a way to distribute government information.

C) It provides citizens with a way to distribute religious information.

D) It creates a source of income for literate citizens.

A free and independent press has been theorized to be a key mechanism of a functioning, healthy democracy. ... An independent press "serves to increase political knowledge, participation and voter turnout", acting as an essential driver of civic participation.

Explanation:

A

Explanation:

They didn't want the government to be all propaganda (spoiler alert it doesn't work)

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they liv