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« Lamar's Popularity is Bipartisan | Main | Putting the Brakes on Excess Spending » January 17, 2008Bowing to The New Blogged RealityThe Associated Press reports that the state of New Hampshire is getting out of the business of issuing identification cards to members of the news media. The man who handled the chore - Jim Van Dongen of the state Department of Safety - says the decision is based on the proliferation of online and specialty news outlets and technology that allows just about anyone to call himself a journalist. Van Dongen says that put him and his bosses in the uncomfortable position of issuing cards to all comers or having to decide who is a legitimate journalist.Issuing ID cards for journalists is something no state government should have been doing in the first place. The First Amendment wasn't written to protect journalists, it was written to protect the rights of all Americans. Posted in Journalism & Media
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How much you want to bet this move was encouraged and perhaps suggested by the mainstream media. Their guild system still detests and fears us. Posted by: NOTR at January 17, 2008 1:22 PMPost a comment
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