Sorry. All I see are thugs assaulting people who haven’t done anything wrong.
Case in point from today’s news:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=867_1409254807
I have never, ever said the cops in Ferguson are doing their job properly. Simply that the laws that apply to the rest of us also apply to the press. No special privileges.
For instance, any reasonable person will recognize that a lot of these leaks of classified information are the result of a conspiracy between the reporter and the perp. They get together ahead of time and decide what info to steal. That’s conspiracy and a felony.
There was a case a few years back where a reporter infiltrated a Food Lion to do an expose of their practices. Good one, too. But he broke a number of laws in the process. Does he get a pass because he’s a reporter? I don’t think he should.
It is possible to make a case that the public interest means reporters should be given special leeway in breaking laws in order to get a story. Fine. Push for a state or federal law that gives them such rights. But it isn’t in the Constitution.