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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (76160)10/2/2003 6:40:07 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I'm not sure that journalist should get some extra protection that people in general don't get. I don't see why the notes of a journalist should get more protection then my private notes and communications. Of course saying that doesn't mean that I think journalist should get less protection then they currently get. It could also mean that I think they don't get more protection then most people do now (although in reality I expect that they do), or it could mean that I think that non-journalist should get the same extra protection that journalists get.

I think special 1st amendment protections for journalists that are not given to people who have not published articles for pay would amount to making journalist a special protected class and clash with the idea of equal protection under the law.

Edit - Chris seems to be effectively making a point that no 1st amendment protections are being violated either protections everyone gets or any possible special protection for journalists.

Tim
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