Slippery Slope - Ist Amendment Danger from Congress

Eagle Rising blog has a good article on some impending legislation in the US Senate.  The Media Shield Law could start a further slide down the slope to tyranny by defining who is or is not a reporter.

See here:  Media-shield-law-heralds-death-1st-amendment

See here for how the LA Times seems to argue for the government-in-charge viewpoint.  I am all for protecting journalists, but how to define who is a journalist is probably best left to the public to decide.
Here:  National-shield-law

I think the 1st Amendment covers it.  It is clear and sufficient.

More cogent and simple comment on Feinstien's anti-freedom arguements:
Here:  Feinstein-wants-to-define-journalist

When one looks to Webster's 1828, they will discover a journalist is simply "The writer of a journal or diary." In other words, in the modern era, a blog is nothing more than a journal.

When one looks to Webster's 1828, they will discover a journalist is simply "The writer of a journal or diary." In other words, in the modern era, a blog is nothing more than a journal. Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#ixzz2f5SdsNlQ
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#SfYfRZUp6KtpAT1V.9

When one looks to Webster's 1828, they will discover a journalist is simply "The writer of a journal or diary." In other words, in the modern era, a blog is nothing more than a journal. Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#ixzz2f5SdsNlQ
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#SfYfRZUp6KtpAT1V.99

When one looks to Webster's 1828, they will discover a journalist is simply "The writer of a journal or diary." In other words, in the modern era, a blog is nothing more than a journal. Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#ixzz2f5SdsNlQ
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#SfYfRZUp6KtpAT1V.99

When one looks to Webster's 1828, they will discover a journalist is simply "The writer of a journal or diary." In other words, in the modern era, a blog is nothing more than a journal. Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#ixzz2f5SdsNlQ
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/feinstein-wants-define-journalist/#SfYfRZUp6KtpAT1V.99