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Journalists doing their jobs is quite a lot different to what the poster posted: > They can make an oxygen-sucking scandal out of nothing. This could devour th

• jessaustin 13y ago
  If it were up to those in power to define what is and is not "an oxygen-sucking scandal out of nothing", nothing would get investigated by journalists, ever. That's why, at least until recently, it has been journalists who have decided the proper focus of their work. The First Amendment is not vague on this point: Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press... I know you're trolling me here, but fuck it there probably are some halfwits out there nodding along with these power-worshiping redefinitions of old, well-understood law. From 18 U.S.C. § 873, blackmail: "Whoever, under a threat of informing, or as a consideration for not informing, against any violation of any law of the United States, demands or receives any money or other valuable thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned..." There's no money here. What is the "other valuable thing"? The safety of journalists' innocent loved ones? That's monstrous, and that isn't a proper interpretation of law.
  • hahainternet 13y ago
    > There's no money here. What is the "other valuable thing"? The safety of journalists' innocent loved ones? That's monstrous, and that isn't a proper interpretation of law No, the 'other valuable thing' in this case is immunity from search or seizure.
    • jessaustin 13y ago
      Such putative immunity, with the due process of law, has never existed for anyone, let alone journalists, and isn't being discussed here.
• TWAndrews 13y ago
  It's the first amendment in practice.