TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

This is pretty blatant what's going on. If you're a whore for the state, publishing its lies, carrying out its vendettas, then you'll have zero liability for anything you do. If you're an independnt blogger exposing real informatino about the tyrannical government, you can be thrown into prison for harming national security if you dare publish anything remotely sensitive.

From Editor & Publisher October 10, 2005:

"Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Monday afternoon.
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A key reason some journalists oppose the popular federal shield proposal is fear that giving Congress the power to define who is and isn't a journalist could lead effectively to the licensing of journalists.

In other remarks about the legislation at IAPA's 61st General Assembly, Lugar acknowledged that the legislation could amount to a "privilege" for reporters over other Americans.

"I think, very frankly, you can make a case that this is a special boon for reporters, and certainly for their role in freedom of the press," he said. "At the end of the day what we will come out with says there is something privileged about being a reporter..."

Lugar said he was inspired to write the legislation by the jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller. "I've known Judy Miller for many years," he said, adding that they became close...
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