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| Democrats Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Threaten Journalists |
| 2019-10-16 |
| h/t Instapundit [Reason] Following reports that a violent parody video depicting President Trump murdering a bunch of journalists was shown at a pro-Trump conference over the weekend, Democrats are calling on Congress to make it a federal crime to threaten or attack members of the media. Da Nang Dick "Dick" Blumenthal |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #16 How bout make it also a federal crime, to report bullshit news. |
| Posted by: bbrewer126 2019-10-16 21:38 |
| #15 I thought everyone was equal before the law. Why journalists? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2019-10-16 20:15 |
| #14 Just trying to help ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-16 19:57 |
| #13 ^This is why the Internet was invented, folks! |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-10-16 19:31 |
| #12 send him one |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-16 18:10 |
| #11 Well, there goes my chance to tell Jim Acosta 'eat a bag of dicks' and do it unscathed. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-10-16 17:57 |
| #10 Who's a "journalist"? Is Fred a "journalist"? Joe Mendiola? Are we 'burgers all "journalists"? Well, why not: I publish stuff online. I write stuff in a text box, hit 'Submit', and voila! I'm a published journalist. Besides, there's more thought behind our scribblings than in a week's worth of NYT or WaPo or Politico.com stenographic efforts. We aggregate others' stuff? So do they. They cut 'n' paste the same g-damned cliche headlines and talking points as 100 other left-leaning Shitshow tent-masters. They don't validate their screeds with proper sourcing-- look at the rolling Kavanaugh libel-Shitshow and the blatant lies they've printed out of nothing at all. If they're going to routinely lie and slander and libel, then they don't get any privileges -- no First Amendment or other special press-related presumptions, nothing that we don't get. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-16 17:48 |
| #9 "I claim the immunity of a herald." (or clergy) (or doctor) (or ...) The problem is that as soon as you stop being neutral then you merit the same degree of immunity as any other combatant: None. |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-10-16 17:29 |
| #8 The Fourth estate is now part of the new First Estate. To our new aristocrats, that First Estate is defined as a permanent Overclass of interlocking - politicos, exec branch bureaucrats, lobbyists - Wall Street and corporate C-level execs - Silicon Valley and Hollywood and academic virtue-signalers. Each now aspires to do the work of the others. Business titans now posture and preen about their woke cultural bona fides as if they're running for city council in a college town. Idiot politicians like Schiff aspire to be screenwriters. Slightly less stupid, failed politicos like Obama trade influence for plum positions as movie producers in multi-million $$$ sweetheart deals with media companies. Others spend their time not writing laws but in shaping the "narrative"-- cf the BS "impeachment inquiry" that's now been redefined by Pelosi downward, yet again, to mean an open-ended vague expedition to "find the truth" -- instead of a normal legislative procedure leading to a trial in the Senate. And now the final absurdity: a proposal that "journalists"- as if that term still carries any distinct meaning-- be accorded the same legal protections as the President. The Shitshow is entering its Baroque Phase. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-16 17:29 |
| #7 They have long been trying to make journalists a special class of privileged citizen, with more rights than anyone else. I never in my life thought we would see the emergence of aristocracy, but we might well soon. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-10-16 16:58 |
| #6 It wasn't already a crime? I thought threatening people was - are journalists not people? I guess I wasted the opportunity for all those years - better get to it right away before the window closes. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-10-16 15:38 |
| #5 Are left wing "Propagandists" like CNN "Journalists"??? No. |
| Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-10-16 15:12 |
| #4 Shitshow, Part 132. Now these maroons are trying to define legal privileges for quasi-feudal estates. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-16 15:06 |
| #3 Naturally we will need some kind of journalist certification to keep bloggers and lesser folks from qualifying. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-10-16 14:44 |
| #2 There will be only demoncrat approved journalists that will be protected by this. Everyone else won't be considered a "journalist" by the left and fair game. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-10-16 14:13 |
| #1 That will quickly shut down Antifa if enforced. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-10-16 13:53 |