[Mr. Silverback]

We need to rethink the 1st Amend because of the Times in the same way we need to rethink the 2nd Amend every time some guy uses a handgun to knock over a 7-11. In other words, not at all.

[Mia T]

My complaint isn't with the First Amendment, per se.
It's with one of its undergirding premises, that man can be his own watchdog.
("The fox guarding the White House, if you will.")

.. or as that fierce defender of a free press, H. L. Mencken, (perhaps inadvertently) put it,
"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."

"What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."

James Madison

 

When the founders granted 'The Press' special dispensation, they never considered the possibility that traitors in our midst would game the system. But that is precisely what is happening today. (Hate America? Support jihad? Become a 'journalist!')

This was bound to happen.

The premise behind the First Amendment as it applies to the press--that a vigilant watchdog is necessary, sufficient--indeed, possible--to protect against man's basest instincts--is tautologically flawed: The fox guarding the White House, if you will....

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