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NuclearDem

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5. I technically voted for 3.

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 01:44 PM

Sep 2013

But the definition has to fairly broad. None of this Durbin/DiFi defining journalists as only salaried employees of news outlets. A lot of the best journalists I follow either work for next to nothing or are only freelancers for even comparatively small outlets.

I couldn't tolerate a world where Judy Miller is considered a journalist, but someone like Allison Kilkenny or Rania Khalek isn't.

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Are journalist shield laws unconstitutional? [View all] geek tragedy Sep 2013 OP

In the spirit of the first amendment should this shield exist? Glassunion Sep 2013 #1

There's the rub--if not everyone gets this right, no one but the government geek tragedy Sep 2013 #2

Journalist shield laws fall under the first amendment protections. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #3

No they don't. Shield protections are created by statute, not by the constitution. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #4

Sheilds laws are constitutional because they fall under "Freedom of the Press." Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #8

I agree they're constitutional, but that's because I think geek tragedy Sep 2013 #10

I technically voted for 3. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #5

Complicated Question w/ No Easy Answer BKH70041 Sep 2013 #6

Weak. Marr Sep 2013 #7

So, in your view judges get to decide who's a journalist and who isn't? nt geek tragedy Sep 2013 #9

No they can't, or actually they can. judgen May 2014 #11

Shield laws do not abridge free speech nor geek tragedy May 2014 #12