The Maryland General Assembly votes to name June 28 'Freedom of the Press Day' in honor of the Capital Gazette victims who died in a shooting in the newspaper's Annapolis newsroom last year.
Both sides of the legislature voted unanimously to name the day in honor of the slain journalists, theThe five employees, journalists Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara and Wendi Winters, and sales associate Rebecca Smith, were killed on June 28 when alleged gunman Jarrod Ramos entered the newsroom and opened fire.
Steve Schuh, county executive of Anne Arundel County, holds a copy of The Capital Gazette near the scene of a shooting at the newspaper's office, June 29, 2018, in Annapolis, Md.The Sun“Freedom of the press is important, including even if as a journalist you want to put out fake news,” Fisher said. “I’m going to vote for this bill because I think you have the right to print fake news.”
A building housing The Capital Gazette newspaper's offices is seen at dawn, June 29, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, Gerald Fischman, John McNamara and Rebecca Smith were victims in the shooting at The Capital Gazette newspaper, June 28, 2018. Those comments were deemed "inappropriate" by Delegate Kathleen Dumais, who serves as the house majority leader.
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