How Have the Courts Played a Vital Role in Protecting

How have the courts played a vital role in protecting the media under the First Amendment?

A) by limiting government efforts to exercise prior restraint and limiting the press's exposure to libel and slander laws
B) by ruling that the press is a constitutionally protected fourth branch of the government that may write anything it wishes
C) by limiting the subsidies provided to news organizations to ensure their independence
D) by requiring politicians to answer questions from the press and expanding the availability of government documents