Should American journalists require a state license to do their jobs, a permit that gives them access to the freedom of the press enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution?
Senior US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) seems to think so! He advocates a “media shield law” designed to “protect” journalists from court subpoenas and other actions that might compromise their sources. As Ben Swann points out in the video below, though, that puts the government in a position to control who is a government-accredited journalist – and who is not. Very, very dangerous.
Check out the video at the bottom, but first, a little sound bite on the topic from Neil Boortz:
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“But wait a minute, you say. There’s the First Amendment, there’s freedom of press. The United States government doesn’t license journalists.”“Well, think about this most Americans get their news from radio, t.v.; they get their news from entities licensed by the government, but let’s get to the journalists.”
“Chuck Schumer wants the government to, in effect, accredit or license journalists. Chuckie says the licensed journalist or the accredited journalist would get exemption from subpoenas and other legal requirements that may expose their confidential sources.”
“Do you want the government deciding which journalists are covered by this law and which are not?”
Source: Rare
Photo: Greg Hauenstein on Flickr
Where did Washington dig up these idiots…Mazi’s we are not.
He is the reason we need term limits on Congressmen and women.
Hell no! He has a bad case of “controltheopleitis.”
You know listening to this it just makes me sad that no one over all these years and have not bothered to improve life for people. We just have been doing what we thought was the right thing to do. Where and who wrote the law that we have to pay INCOME TAX and what are we getting for it 🙂 I will tell you! nothing but rules. Who works for it. The people do 🙂 Well actually all these things must be made available to all 🙂 Please watch video as it affects every country around the globe 🙂 That is stealing food out of people’s mouths who do not have enough money while they work themselves to the bone to survive ) Yeah right 🙂
What he means is journalists on the democrats payroll so only what the democrats want reported will get reported. That is not freedom of the press. Another useless brainless clueless dumb male member of congress who can only function when obama pulls his strings. He is a traitor to our country.
Another D.C. idiot
Sounds like a communist idea.
And what do you think? All the “accredited journalists” would be democrat cheerleaders.
they all have been or most of them when is ny going to wake up to upchuck
This moron needs to go