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> The counter is that if there is too strict a definition of journalism - you put to many controls on the group. How so? I don't think 'journalist' is any kind
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> The counter is that if there is too strict a definition of journalism - you put to many controls on the group.
How so? I don't think 'journalist' is any kind of privileged or protected group - so you don't lose anything by not being a journalist do you?
- svachalek 5y agoTo the point that governments shouldn't be putting anyone in jail just for revealing their activity, there's a truth to that. But so far as we can use metrics like "journalists in jail" as a proxy for despotism, there's a loss when despots are hand-picking the journalists. As to privilege and protection, that depends a lot on regional laws.