西方的新闻业一向标榜其新闻自由的原则。本文从正反两方面论证了新闻自由和其发达新闻业之间相互作用的关系。在最后得出西方的新闻自由并不是绝对意义上的自由这一结论。 Western journalism has always advertised its principle of freedom of the press. This article demonstrates the relationship between freedom of the press and the developed journalism in both positive and negative terms. It is not the conclusion that freedom of the press in the West is not absolute in the end.