As nouns,
civil right is a hypernym of
freedom of the press; that is,
civil right is a
word with a broader meaning than
freedom of the press:
- freedom of the press: a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
- civil right: right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality