I know what they are doing.
They will use this to set precedent.
They are attempting to create the “These people are not journalists!” rule, in effect, to eliminate them and only have their approved journalists from ABCNNBCBSNYTPBSFOX as accepted ‘real’ journalists.
They have gone full Marxist now..........................
They've BEEN full Marxist for a while now.
Reagan warned us.
Never thought I'd see the day.
Twofer. Eliminate the threat of indipendent journalists to the established media which is crumbling and imploding like the twin towers; and second, eliminate the threat of actual investigatve journalism to the execution of OPLAN 1984.
Absolutely. And to fire a shot across the bow of anyone who opposes them...sending a message that, as you say, they are going full Marxist and the revolution has started in earnest.
Maybe that’s why all of the leftist rag outlets are laying off hundreds/shutting down .... to form ONE (or, two) state run *news* channels....ala Pravda.
All others will be labeled dissidents.
Well...then the contract, our Constitution, is violated and is, therefore, null and void. It’s astonishing how many in government think a ‘journalist’ is some sort of ‘authorized’ person (by the government lol!) to engage in journalism. They should get training on the 1st Amendment on the first day of their job. We the people are ALL allowed to engage in journalism, the free press isn’t a special privilege to ‘authorized’ people with ‘press credentials’.
I’ve seen endless 1A audits showing cops believing you require a permit to record in a public lobby of a tax payer funded public building. Demanding ID or ‘press credentials’ is denied, leaving many confused.
A ‘free press’ has to be one of the most sacred rights that the government respects. Once they show they don’t honor it, it’s over.
...I know, preaching to the choir here.