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SENATE AMENDMENT WOULD GIVE DOJ POWER TO DETERMINE WHO IS A 'JOURNALIST'
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| September 13, 2013
| Bes Shapiro
Posted on 09/13/2013 5:03:44 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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To: Jim Robinson
Senator Ted Cruz' statement on the Senate bill:
It strikes me that we are on dangerous territory if we are drawing distinctions that are treating some engaged in the process of reporting and journalism better than others. If we are advantaging those who happen to receive a paycheck from a corporate media entity over those who happen to be citizens
.I for one would have deep troubles with legislation from Congress saying we will grant special privileges if you happen to work for a corporate media interest
.It seems to me the First Amendment protects the activity, not the employment status of the person engaging in it.
Once again, Cruz is on our side in
We The People v. Washington D.C. Elitists. Do they even have a clue that the Angry Mob is gathering ahead of 2014.
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posted on
09/13/2013 5:32:31 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: gaijin
And WE, TOO, are part of the new and highly effective electronic Samizdat.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Indeed, we are.
To: jeffc; MestaMachine
The point of this legislation is to go after the sources who leak classified or sensitive information to other than “corporate media.”
IIRC, Fast & Furious was leaked to Legal Insurrection and another non-corporate news site. (Correct me if I’m wrong, MM.) This bill is intended to prevent non-standard news distribution sites from being able to protect their sources.
The unintended consequences, however, of legally distinguishing traditional corporate media from citizen journalists could be disastrous and used by this administration to target their political opponents as happened with the IRS targeting of Tea Party organizations.
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posted on
09/13/2013 5:47:25 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: BuckeyeTexan
They have no clue. Even after the Two Million Biker Ride.
Run, Ted, Run!!
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posted on
09/13/2013 5:52:48 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: MeshugeMikey
The 0bama regime is making war on the First, Second and Fourth amendments. Smells like tyranny.
5.56mm
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posted on
09/13/2013 5:56:44 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: MeshugeMikey
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that in the writings of the Founders they envisioned the press as being the watchdogs of government.
Today we have a revolving door between the Obama administration and "journalism", with 21 reported journalists now officially work for Obama.
And now Congress proposes to be the watchdogs of journalism.
God help us and God save the republic.
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posted on
09/13/2013 5:57:02 PM PDT
by
Amagi
(God Save the Republic.)
To: Amagi
2013: The “Watchdogs” are being hired by the government.
Richard Stengel, the top editor of Time magazine for the past seven years, is planning to step down as managing editor for a new job at the U.S. Department of State, sources familiar with the situation tell POLITICO and Capital New York.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/richard-stengel-leaving-time-state-department-96732.html
Was Mr Stengel amongst the 21 now working for Obama or is he “catch”.....22? - [ sorry, I could NOT resist]
It used to be bankers and “industrialists” that see sawed between private enterprise and the government, now its urinalists.
“God help us and God save the republic.”!
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:27:47 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: M Kehoe
if it smells like tyranny and walks like tyranny its tyranny, alright
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:28:35 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: MeshugeMikey
In the immortal words of Boss Tweed: “Stop them !?*# pitchers!”
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:29:24 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: MeshugeMikey
I’m assuming this have to pass the whole Congress.
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:29:51 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: BuckeyeTexan
could be! be disastrous..
and will be disastrous if we are not ever MORE VIGILANT.
this ones going to COURT!!
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:32:38 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: Husker24
We don’t have time to wait for congress to get their act together”..Barack Hussein Obama...
who knows how this will play out.
at what turn in the road to hard tyranny does a lawless “leader” stop?
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:37:34 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: MeshugeMikey
So would any of Ben Franklin's writings have been state approved journalism? Poor Richard's? The Dogood letters? the Gazette?
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:39:18 PM PDT
by
DaveyB
(Note to the NSA agent monitering this: the peace of tyranny is the enemy of humanity)
To: DaveyB
Undocumented Journalism.....before it became known as such.
please show me your posting lizence papuhs!!
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posted on
09/13/2013 6:45:45 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: BuckeyeTexan
Quite frankly we need more muckrakers....not less.
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posted on
09/13/2013 7:02:38 PM PDT
by
EBH
(America is not judge, jury, and executioner for the world.)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
09/13/2013 7:03:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
09/13/2013 7:09:19 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
(How long O LORD? Habakkuk 2;Isaiah 55)
To: dfwgator
ahaha THAT would be a bit obvious and we cant have that.
the drones..the zombies.. will see this “legislation” as necessary control..with nary a thought
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posted on
09/13/2013 7:10:39 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: MeshugeMikey
Fly the flag upside down. Our Republic is dying.
To: 444Flyer
Thank You Fellow Un-Documented Journalist!
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posted on
09/13/2013 7:11:31 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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