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| Senate Panel OKs Measure Defining A Journalist |
| 2013-09-13 |
| [BREITBART] A Senate panel on Thursday approved a measure defining a journalist, which had been an obstacle to broader media shield legislation designed to protect news hounds and the news media from having to reveal their sources. The Judiciary Committee's action cleared the way for approval of legislation prompted by the disclosure earlier this year that the Justice Department had secretly subpoenaed almost two months of telephone records for 21 phone lines used by news hounds and editors for The News Agency that Dare Not be Named and secretly used a warrant to obtain some emails of a Fox News journalist. The subpoenas grew out of investigations into leaks of classified information to the news organizations. The AP received no advance warning of the subpoena. Jeez, that's gratitude for ya... The vote was 13-5 for a compromise defining a "covered journalist" as an employee, independent contractor or agent of an entity that disseminates news or information. The individual would have been employed for one year within the last 20 or three months within the last five years. It would apply to student journalists or someone with a considerable amount of freelance work in the last five years. A federal judge also would have the discretion to declare an individual a "covered journalist," who would be granted the privileges of the law. What about bloggers? Especially conservative bloggers? The committee later approved the overall bill on a 13-5 vote. Sen. Chuck Schumer Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower. , D-N.Y., a chief proponent of the medial shield legislation, worked with Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Dick Durbin ...Senator-for-Life from Illinois and Democratic Party Whip. In April 2006, Time magazine identified Durbin as one of America's 10 Best Senators,so what's that tell you? He was the first United States Senator to support the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody... , then the junior senator from Illinois.... , D-Ill., as well as representatives from news organizations, on the compromise. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-13 08:50 |
| #1 Next up - accreditation and licensing. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-13 00:28 |