[stayathomemom]

The point is not the technology but the freedom to spread the word whether the word is pressed on a page of paper with little inked-over objects by Benjamin Franklin or sent through the ether in digital form by Drudge.

I agree! I don't see the word "journalist" in the Constitution, just as I don't see the word "musket".

[nathanbedford]

We ought to remember that Benjamin Franklin was not an accredited establishment journalist at the beginning of his career but rather a runaway apprentice printer who published anonymously.He made his reputation and his wealth through innovation. He was the Drudge of his day in many respects.

Can you imagine if the crown succeeded in its efforts to control the colonial press by defining terms?

You're right about the musket.