# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/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. https://www.rcfp.org/reporters-committee-leads-effort-unseal-grand-jury-testimony-1942-espionage-act-investigation-chicag/
- 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.

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