The thesis addresses how the constitutional right to freedom of expression of the press is implemented in practice. It mainly focuses on two legal institutes which are involved in shaping the content of journalistic articles. The first is obtaining information for journalistic articles via the mechanisms of media law. This part deals with the relationship between the general right of access to public information and the special right of access to information for the press. It also describes the shortcomings of the current regime, which become visible in practice. The second institute addressed in the thesis is the right of reply and its relationship with the right to freedom of expression of the media. As these institutes constitute means by which an individual can achieve publication of his or her statements in the media, they have a significant impact on the content of media publications. The interplay between the two institutes is also discussed, whit particular emphasis on the refusal of a request for public information by referring to rights, protected within the right of reply, and the requirement to publish a reply in the event that the person concerned refuses to answer a journalist's question before the publication of an article. In the conclusion I discuss some of the ways in which the difficulties journalists face in practice can be addressed, namely the specific regulation of the procedure for journalists to obtain public information and the possibility of refusing to publish a reply on the grounds of abuse of rights.
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