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  • Drudge hates new shield bill, but is defining 'journalist' really 'fascist'?

    09/15/2013 7:53:03 AM PDT · by yoe · 60 replies
    Christian Science Monitor ^ | September 14, 2013 | Patrik Jonsson,
    A media shield law approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee defines a “real reporter” deserving of extra protection. Bloggers, "citizen journalists," and others cry "foul!"[snip]The first version of a media shield law that handily made it through the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday defined for the first time what constitutes a “real reporter” deserving of extra protection versus what Sen. Dianne Feinstein called a “17-year-old blogger” who doesn’t deserve a legal shield.[snip] That Congress is attempting to define “journalist” at all in order to expand protections after a number of high-profile leak cases and ensuing Justice Department prosecutions caused blog...