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To: LindyBill who wrote (102242)	2/26/2005 1:17:56 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793955

LK, HH, and SJ certainly speak to some of the questions I have, and I'm sure others have some of the same as well.... Message 21081837 HH: Well, Larry, when I read Judge Sentelle, he's a very fine judge, when I read his opinion, I thought, I wondered if he's thinking of William Lloyd Garrison in the Liberator, which was pretty much a one or a two person operation. Or maybe Ben Franklin or Tom Paine. Most of the early journalists in this country, for whom the First Amendment was designed, ran one or two person shops, put out broad sheets, peddled them for a penny a piece, sometimes they didn't get paid, they did it because it was a passion. "It's a craft," as the late Michael Kelly said. You probably knew him, Larry. LK: I did. Wonderful. Wonderful. HH: Great journalist, great man. And he would always come on my radio show and remind people that journalism isn't a profession, it's a craft. And whether or not you get paid for it, if you're reporting or observing or opining on the news on a regular basis, you're a journalist. So any privilege that a journalist enjoys applies to anyone who does that. Whether it's you, Larry, or me, or Scott at Powerline, or any of the other bloggers out there who are reporting, observing, or opining on the news on a regular basis.