Excerpts from the Press Conference
03/16/1942
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
Once the public realizes that its newspaper serves no interest save that of truth it will give that paper an allegiance that neither depress...
A free press... will serve no cause but that of truth and which will recognize no master but justice.
In all this he who serves the cause of truth will best serve the national interest.
There is vital need for a strong, fearless and free press.