 in a case where supporters of Martin Luther King placed an ad in the New York Times criticizing the Montgomery, Alabama police for their treatment of civil rights protesters. A free press depends on creators of content being free to report on the powerful without fear of lawsuits and bankruptcy. A lower standard would chill freedom of the press and constitute a threat to all of us. The Civil Liberties Minute is made possible by the ACLU, because freedom can't protect itself.