“With all due respect to freedom of the press, the responsibilities are so critical that people who declare themselves Journalists should attain that title by way of any state Department of Professional Regulation and it must be renewed each year just as a business license is required to be. And in doing so, they are then open to having their work scrutinized to attain their license much like the FCC does for broadcast rights.”
Sorry to disagree, but this would be the worst possible solution to media deception. The market place must hold media accountable. The Constitution recognizes the right of EVERYONE to enjoy freedom of speech and of the “press”.
Any laws to the contrary will only be selectively enforced against the political enemies of the left that runs things now.
Yes, I realize the enemedia is America’s fifth column. But we cannot become reactionary to the point of robbing citizens of their rights. Your proposal would be used to shut sites like FR down.
If the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution fail because our democracy couldn’t hang on to them, the only option left is Revolution 2. A “reset” may be required.
So you seem to think that it was alright with the founders that the freedom of the press was to be used to propagate lies? I would contend their vision was to give them the freedom to report the unvarnished truth without fear of repercussions, not to lie with none as well.