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Any country that has a legal definition of "journalist" that gives said journalists rights not granted to ordinary citizens has neither freedom of information n

Any country that has a legal definition of "journalist" that gives said journalists rights not granted to ordinary citizens has neither freedom of information nor freedom of speech. This debate isn't so much about the definition of "journalist", but the question of how to keep the majority of the population silent and uninformed.

rayiner 13y ago
The U.S. definitely does not have some far-reaching "freedom of information." In the American system, you've always been chargeable with the information revealed by what you choose to say. E.g. if your girlfriend breaks up with you, and you e-mail all of her coworkers and tell them she has herpes, she can sue you for revealing that information. The same is true for all sorts of confidential and private information in different contexts. The core purpose of the freedom of speech is to express opinions, specifically political opinions, not some larger "freedom of information."