“I was talking about the idea that the press had the right to do things that the rest of us don’t”
But the first amendment clearly seperated the press and granted them different privileges from the rest of us. Unless you think “the press” meant anyone who does press-like things, which is getting ever more accurate every day. I’m not saying only such institutions as are, say, licensed by the federal government to spread news deserve special press status. But, traditionally at least, it didn’t just mean anyone.
With the creation of the internet, as someone on this thread said, the scope of the definition of “press” is sorely tested.
If I record something and post a youtube video with comments, am I the press?