If by "Americans" you mean US citizens, then they DO have freedom of the press, this is enshrined in their Constitution.
ENSHRINEDtransitive verb enshrined en·shrinedalso in·shrined, enshrining en·shrin·ingalsoin·shrin·ing, en·shrines also in·shrinesTo enclose in or as if in a shrine.To cherish as sacred.
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Because the compulsion to do so is enshrined in law.
Cal Hubbard is the only person to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
As of the start of the 2008 season, Johnny Robinson has still not been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was enshrined in the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1974.
Lloyd and Paul Waner
No, its tennants are enshrined in the US constitution.
Anthony Munoz
Joe Morgan
How did the public respond to the panel's findings