[billbears]

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

Guess you skipped right over the Sedition Act of 1798 and the main group prosecuted under that Act. Who exactly was prosecuted under that Act? Hmmmmm, oh I know, newspaper editors!!

BTW, what did the 'Father of the Constitution' James Madison do in response to that Act? Ever hear of the Virginia Resolution? One of the first ntroductions of nullification. What did Jefferson and Congress do in response to that Act immediately following the 1800 election to alleviate the wrongs brought on by the Sedition Act? Oh, sorry those are facts....sorry, carry on.

[Mia T]

You are missing my point.

By "gaming the system," I am not referring to the seditious acts of editors. I am referring to the exploitation of the First Amendment by traitors.