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California Congressman (Eric Swalwell) Wants Attacking Journalists to Be Federal Crime
Hollywood Reporter ^ | February 5, 2018 | Jeremy Barr

Posted on 02/05/2018 6:17:06 PM PST by EdnaMode

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Wait, this is the same guy that attacked Tucker Carlson directly to his face and accused him of being a Russian agent! Hypocrite!
1 posted on 02/05/2018 6:17:06 PM PST by EdnaMode
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I agree as long as its fair: make it a crime for journalists to attack citizens


2 posted on 02/05/2018 6:18:44 PM PST by JewishRighter
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To: EdnaMode

I agree as long as its fair: make it a crime for journalists to attack citizens


3 posted on 02/05/2018 6:18:44 PM PST by JewishRighter
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Unless they’re from a conservative news source.


4 posted on 02/05/2018 6:20:00 PM PST by onedoug
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The bill, he said, should be embraced by "everyone who believes our democracy depends on a free and vibrant press."

Who the f*@% does he think he’s kidding?

5 posted on 02/05/2018 6:21:03 PM PST by papertyger (Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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To: EdnaMode
Maybe this would be good idea. Then when a conservative journalist (I know there aren't many) is attacked while trying to speak in front of a campus group is attacked, then the shoe will fit for them too?

Shhhh, don't tell them that it might backfire on them.

6 posted on 02/05/2018 6:23:12 PM PST by Cannoneer ( "..raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair.." GW)
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Journalist? When was the last time you have ever saw or read a “journalist”? Those days are long gone

More so in Cali


7 posted on 02/05/2018 6:23:15 PM PST by DanielRedfoot (Po Dunk)
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To: JewishRighter

It has to go every which way.

Press can’t take bought and paid for stories from seditionists.
Press can’t attack a sitting president or candidate.
Press cannot be state-controlled media under the wing of Democrat party.
Press cannot blare outright lies on Page 1 above the fold and then apologize for it with one sentence retraction a week later on the bottom of page 43 next to the obituaries.


8 posted on 02/05/2018 6:25:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Journalists are extremely rare and shouldn’t be harmed, but propagandists are everywhere and should be hunted for sport.


9 posted on 02/05/2018 6:25:17 PM PST by VR-21 (Does anybody know what happened to Bazooka Joe's eye?)
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To: EdnaMode

It’s already against the law to physically threaten someone.


10 posted on 02/05/2018 6:25:52 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: EdnaMode

Who is a “journalist”?


11 posted on 02/05/2018 6:28:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Because some Animals are more equal than others and their lives are more important than yours and mine.


12 posted on 02/05/2018 6:28:55 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Shithole".)
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"I seek to protect the CNN journalist as much as I seek to protect the Fox News journalist," Swalwell said, "Just as long as they're far Left Socialist types."
13 posted on 02/05/2018 6:30:50 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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“”””The bill, he said, should be embraced by “everyone who believes our democracy depends on a free and vibrant press.” “”””

Any elected Rep or journalist who thinks we have a democracy deserves a good ass kicking ( metaphorically speaking of course)


14 posted on 02/05/2018 6:32:52 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

All retractions must be in double font above the 1st page fold!


15 posted on 02/05/2018 6:34:25 PM PST by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: EdnaMode

Make it a professional sport, an Olympic event.


16 posted on 02/05/2018 6:34:37 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( Sessions couldn't find his own ass if Al Franken was grabbing it at the time ))))
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To: EdnaMode

This guy is a joker, filth of a human being.


17 posted on 02/05/2018 6:36:52 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: BenLurkin
We all are journalists.

The First Amendment doesn't protect "journalism," it protects the People's right to a free press.

Anybody who "journals" on Free Republic is a journalist. The existence of Free Republic is protected by the First Amendment.

One journal attacking another journal was common in early days, especially in the campaign of 1800. See the Gazette of the United State, and the National Gazette. Here is more on the early partisan newspapers. Should those journalists have been protected from attack? Many of them were actually Founding Fathers who wrote under pseudonyms.

-PJ

18 posted on 02/05/2018 6:36:56 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: EdnaMode

People should be required to buy a license and there should be a bag limit.


19 posted on 02/05/2018 6:38:02 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~)
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To: EdnaMode

Another protected class.

I am of the opinion that they have not thought this through. Assume a conservative journalist that goes to a college campus and wears a pro-life shirt to a “pink hats” rally. Anyone who attacks the journalist would now be charged with a federal crime????

I dont think that is what the left wants.


20 posted on 02/05/2018 6:38:48 PM PST by taxcontrol (SStupid should hurt)
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