Editor’s Column: The five rights of the First Amendment

The media has gotten a bad rap lately (sometimes rightfully so), but while we rant and rail against whichever media outlet rubs our personal confirmation bias the wrong way, we need to keep some very important facts in mind.
1. We only have the right to rant and rail about the media (and a lot of other things) because the First Amendment of the Constitution provides us with freedom of speech.
2. Along with freedom…