Claim

Claim 876

News organizations and historians described the grand jury's refusal to indict as a major First Amendment victory for the press.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: News organizations and historians described the grand jury's refusal to indict as a major First Amendment victory for the press.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Received as a press freedom victory
About: incident 1942-us-chicago-tribune-midway-espionage-act
Source: Reporters Committee leads effort to unseal grand jury testimony from 1942 Espionage Act investigation of Chicago Tribune
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2014-11-18

Quotation from the source

the grand jury declined to issue any indictments, which was heralded as a great First Amendment victory by the Tribune and other news media.