I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth.

Since September 11 2001, editors in America have faced some excruciating choices, as the attempt to wage a war against a new kind of enemy sometimes strained the boundaries of our laws and values.

Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.

I am dumbfounded that there hasn't been a crackdown with the libel and slander laws on some of these would-be writers and reporters on the Internet.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

steadfastness in defense of principle has won her admiration from around the world, wherever people value a free, aggressive press.