[MarkL]

Durbin would have a federally approved and licensed "press" to report stories the government believes the peons should know, in government approved reporting.

Only properly licensed "reporters" would be protected by the Constitution.

Mark

[Cheerio]

Only properly licensed "reporters" would be protected by the Constitution.

Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS; full title, Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union of the Council of Ministers of the USSR), the central news organ of the USSR. TASS collects official and other national news, international news, and photographic reports, which it disseminates to organs of the Soviet press, television and radio stations, other organizations in the Soviet Union, and subscribing organizations abroad.