So not only are Republicans looking to basically license American journalists, but they're going to decide who is and isn't a journalist. Nice. And guess what? So far they don't think what we do is journalism. Then what is it exactly? Especially when I am a journalist writing a blog that contains the same kind of articles I write for the mainstream media.
Orwell, party of two.
The Republican party hates blogs and they hate the Internet. Remember that.
From E&P
Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Monday afternoon