: evidence which shows that what you have said about yourself is true : evidence showing that you deserve a position or that you can be trusted
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Somebody should explain to that Demoncrat the meaning of rights, which in short is something beyond regulation.
Diane's BONA FIDES
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:04 am
by gmc
What's going on? Are they proposing they get to decide who is or who is not a "legitimate" journalist?
Diane's BONA FIDES
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:33 am
by tude dog
gmc;1436267 wrote: What's going on? Are they proposing they get to decide who is or who is not a "legitimate" journalist?
Well, it seems so at the federal level and it seems that the big money "news" people have no problem throwing the little guy under the buss.
Media shield law moves forward
The question of just who is a journalist and should merit protection has become much more complex in the digital era, in which bloggers and others who are not traditional reporters engage in journalistic activities.
Under the committee's compromise, those covered would include someone who has had an employment relationship with a journalism organization for one year within the past 20 years, or three months within the past five years. Also covered are people with "a substantial track record of freelancing" in the past five years and student journalists.
Bla Bla Bla
Diane's BONA FIDES
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:23 am
by gmc
Business as usual then. The powerful have always wanted to be able to be able to shut up whistle blowers or anyone reporting things they don;t want the world to know.