1. Free Press: Necessary Illusions I. Introduction II. The Critique of the Political Economy of the Press III. Technological Progress and the Construction of Social Reality IV. Re-thinking the Illusion of the Free Press 2. The Classic Theory and the Quest for Truth I. Introduction II. John Milton: The Origins of the Theory III. The Struggle for the Freedom of the Press IV. John Stuart Mill and the Theory of Truth V. Conclusions 3. Truth and Politics: Democratic Justifications of a Free Press I. Introduction II. Politics and Truth III. Holmes and the Marketplace of Ideas IV. Truth and Politics: Alexander Meiklejohn and the Critique of the Marketplace of Ideas V. Robert Post’s Participatory Democracy: Politics without Truth VI. Free Press and the Politics of Truth VII. Conclusions 4. Freedom of Speech and Autonomy: Towards the Discovery of the True Self I. Introduction II. Early Techniques of Self-discovery III. Personal Autonomy and Freedom of Speech IV. Autonomy and Authenticity: Back to the True Self V. The Free Press and Self-discovery 5. Freedom and Truth I. Introduction II. Truth, Freedom and the Political III. Freedom as Non-Interference: Origins and Consolidation of Market Domination IV. Domination and the Truth-seeking Purpose of the Press V. Re-thinking the Relationship between Truth and Freedom Conclusion