Jurisprudential and legal foundations of the principle of freedom of information and news in the media and its exceptions

One of the most important tasks of the media is to obtain information and news, and based on the principle of freedom to obtain information and news, the media can obtain and inform this information and news in any way and by any method; But the important point in this context is the legitimacy and legality of this principle and its validity. For this reason, the main topic of this article is jurisprudential and legal foundations of media responsibility in relation to the principle of freedom of information and news. In this research, with the descriptive-analytical method and the content analysis approach of jurisprudence and legal (legal) sources and based on the method of library collection (both written and digital), we went to jurisprudence and law and examined this issue. Based on the data analysis, the principle of freedom to obtain information and news in jurisprudence has Quranic, narrative, and rational foundations, and principles for this issue have been established in the laws of fundamental rights and citizenship rights; But there are exceptions in this regard, according to which, acquiring and informing about some matters is unlawful and unlawful; Among them, we can mention the privacy of people (common people and famous people) and the need to pay attention to the protection of classified documents and information.