tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post4501162510209479021..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Is Paul Krugman a journalist?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-13610508670709665062013-06-24T14:31:15.804-05:002013-06-24T14:31:15.804-05:00Though I'm no fan of David Gregory, I don'...Though I'm no fan of David Gregory, I don't understand why he should not have even posed the question to Greenwald. If it wasn't for Charles Pierce's post, I'd never have known, because I don't watch the show.<br /><br />Regarding the Snowden affair, I find myself in disagreement with many people with whom I usually land on the same side in most issues of the day.<br /><br />Is I a journalist? June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-35997182312925836952013-06-24T09:05:38.329-05:002013-06-24T09:05:38.329-05:00Journalists never have a right to "shield&quo...Journalists never have a right to "shield" a source, absent a shield law that gives them that specific protection. Journalists have gone to jail long after the 14th Amendment extended the 1st Amendment beyond just the Federal government for contempt of court for refusing to follow a court order to reveal a source.<br /><br />Which is really kinda my point: journalists don't have special legal protections that non-journalsts don't enjoy, largely because we can't agree on what a "journalist" is. I know what a barber is, because they get licensed by the state. But Glenn Greenwald is now a journalist <a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Gobshites_In_The_Court_Of_The_King" rel="nofollow">because Charlie Pierce says so.</a> And even if Greenwald is a journalist, he's not protected from prosecution for aiding in a criminal act; except as a matter of tradition.<br /><br />But that tradition usually only covers "journalists," so we're back where we started.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-4424592472014271652013-06-24T08:30:06.270-05:002013-06-24T08:30:06.270-05:00Some of the flack to David Gregory could be becaus...Some of the flack to David Gregory could be because he's so awful, even an awful journalist.<br /><br />Again, I was one of those people who said Judith Miller was a witness to a crime and, as a witness, she didn't have any right to shield her "source". Oddly enough, a lot of the same folks didn't have any objection to that point back then. Scooter Libby leaked classified information to journalists. Robert Novak would be covered under the standard they want to apply to Greenwald, I'd guess. <br /><br />I wonder how many 29 year old contractors they want leaking whatever information they feel strongly about to whoever they feel will publish it. Or even if they've thought that much about it. I don't like the NSA and think the government does way too much sweeping up information but I really did think they were doing a lot more than what has been revealed so far. And I'm certain Google is doing far more now and far more obviously. Anyone who doesn't use Ad-Block could see that. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com