Why is freedom of press important in a democracy

becasue after the revolutionary war, the peter zenger case came out where this newspaper publisher peter zenger would say some staemnents he thought was true but could be harsh, and they aressted him.

Explanation:

the group i'm selecting: greeks.

a first group of greek immigrants came to the us in the 1850s. the second group came to america starting in the 1890s due to economic opportunities they didn't have back in their home caused by the hardships of ottoman rule. greek immigration was 90% male, many of them expected to work and return to greece after earning enough capital, but ultimately had to remain in the us after the greek genocide.