http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/12/...w-20130913
A bi-partisan bill is being considered that will limit the right to journalism to private citizens and bloggers. Only journalists that work for a media organization will be able to claim that right. Slowly....going....down the drain.
Quote:Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) insisted on limiting the legal protection to "real reporters" and not, she said, a 17-year-old with his own website.
"I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege … or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," she said.
Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a "covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information." The definition includes freelancers, part-timers and student journalists, and it permits a judge to go further and extend the protections to any "legitimate news-gathering activities."
A bi-partisan bill is being considered that will limit the right to journalism to private citizens and bloggers. Only journalists that work for a media organization will be able to claim that right. Slowly....going....down the drain.
