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The prosecutor couldn't care less what the definition of journalism is or isn't, except insofar as it applies to winning the case. He is acting as an arm of th
by mratzloff 10y ago
The prosecutor couldn't care less what the definition of journalism is or isn't, except insofar as it applies to winning the case.
He is acting as an arm of the state government, trying to protect moneyed interests by using his prosecutorial power to punish Goodman and intimidate other reporters from getting clever ideas about covering the protests. To that end it's not even worth considering the argument he has presented; it's just a thin veneer of legality, a diversion, and not worth the paper it's printed on.
- kbenson 10y agoYes, I agree. I'm also saying that even if that wasn't the case, it's almost impossible correctly identify what is journalism and what isn't from a professed journalist and freedom of the press is protected under the first amendment, so the charges are ludicrous on those grounds alone. But because of that we, as the populace, should hold journalists to a high standard and call out what we see as misconduct, since the legal system is ill suited to do so. That's not to say this is a case of that, I'm just trying to make a general point about journalism, which I was spurred to do by the charges leveled (even if they are baseless in this case).