Many U.S. students say 'no' to press freedom

A national study commissoned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and conducted by researchers at the University of Connecticut reveals that a hefty percentage of U.S. high school students haven't developed much respect for press freedom.

After being read the text of the First Amendment, 35 percent of high school students surveyed agreed with the statement that "the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees." And just 51 percent agreed that "newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of a story. "

But 70 percent agreed that "musicians should be allowed to sing songs with lyrics that others might find offensive." So, perhaps the lesson for reporters might be that in addition to j-school training, maybe it's time to learn how to sing.