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In reply to the discussion: Fox News knew about Stormy Daniels payments before election. Killed story. [View all]zaj
(3,433 posts)It's about the definition of media, and what's involved in letting the label, and what's involved in losing it.
Ordering your journalist to help get someone elected by covering up a campaign ending story... I'd the thing that send to me could put your media identity at risk.
You Catalina saying one is a political party is a media company... Obfuscates the fact that one is starting to act like the other, and at dinner point, it loses its old label.
Here's an example...
What is Trump TV?
https://m.facebook.com/trumptvofficial/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHjMcohNRWFxsG-IYisfJkw
Is it campaign content of a political operation? Is it "the press"? What's features make it one vs the other?
What about Infowars?
Is it dangerous rantings of a mentally I'll conspiracy theorist (with citizen level 1st amendment rights)?
Or is it "the press" (with press specific protections)? What's features make it one vs the other?
Do we extend the "press" identity to every content creator with access to a cell phone? Do we limit the identity of the press to a certain set of s standards? What are they?
This is a much more complex question than you are making it out to be.