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Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - GMDino - 01-20-2016 http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160119/PC1603/160119305 Quote:An Upstate lawmaker who tried to keep the Confederate battle flag flying and whose campaign spending habits were part of a Post and Courier examination of Statehouse money trails says it’s time to register journalists in the state. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - michaelsean - 01-20-2016 Register your gun, register your reporter. Sounds fair. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - GMDino - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 12:16 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Register your gun, register your reporter. Sounds fair. I think that's the point he's trying to make...badly. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - BmorePat87 - 01-20-2016 A well regulated press being necessary to the security of a free state... We already have limits on the 1st Amendment. I can't print lies. I can't call for an open rebellion. I have to get a permit if I want to hold a large protest. If he believes the press is printing lies about him, he can challenge it in civil court. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - StLucieBengal - 01-20-2016 This is just dumb. I love this age of the citizen journalist. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - Belsnickel - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 12:40 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: A well regulated press being necessary to the security of a free state... Exactly what I was going to say. A journalist or publication that publishes something that is a lie, that could be considered malicious, they are held responsible for that. Just look at Rolling Stone right now in their battle with UVA. There are limits to the First Amendment already. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - Belsnickel - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 02:30 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: This is just dumb. I love this age of the citizen journalist. I like it and I don't. The internet is filled with so many idiots posting erroneous information it can be difficult to wade through it to find anything good. Combined with the number of their fellow idiots that swallow what they are saying hook, line, and sinker and we are just creating one big misinformed society. I like the openness of it, but I don't like what it is causing. If that makes any sense at all. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - Vas Deferens - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 02:53 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I like it and I don't. The internet is filled with so many idiots posting erroneous information it can be difficult to wade through it to find anything good. Combined with the number of their fellow idiots that swallow what they are saying hook, line, and sinker and we are just creating one big misinformed society. I like the openness of it, but I don't like what it is causing. If that makes any sense at all. Given the specific context of your reply. It makes complete sense. Well put. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - fredtoast - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 12:16 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Register your gun, register your reporter. Sounds fair. That is because you are completely ignorant of the reasoning behind the laws in our country. When courts look at what limits on rights are "reasonable" they weigh all sorts of issues regarding public safety, individual property right, etc. There are many reasonable limits on the First Amendment already in place based on these decisions. But just being pissed at gun control advocates is not even close to a basis for a limit on a free press. That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - Benton - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 12:16 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Register your gun, register your reporter. Sounds fair. except... Reporters aren't lethal weapons. They don't have some kind of special sway. In the end, journalists are only exercising a person's first amendment rights. That's it. Anything a report does someone off the street can do, as far as going into a public meeting or public building and requesting public documents. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - SunsetBengal - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 10:03 PM)Benton Wrote: except... Reporters aren't lethal weapons. They don't have some kind of special sway. In the end, journalists are only exercising a person's first amendment rights. That's it. Anything a report does someone off the street can do, as far as going into a public meeting or public building and requesting public documents. Hmm, no one ever said "the pen is mightier than the sword", did they? RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - fredtoast - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 10:16 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Hmm, no one ever said "the pen is mightier than the sword", did they? Yep, someone said it (but you clearly do not know who) and it was meant to explain how NON-LETHAL words can be as effective as deadly weapons in producing an effect without killing people. Get it now? RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - BmorePat87 - 01-20-2016 (01-20-2016, 10:16 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Hmm, no one ever said "the pen is mightier than the sword", did they? ![]() RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - StLucieBengal - 01-21-2016 Belsnick Wrote:I like it and I don't. The internet is filled with so many idiots posting erroneous information it can be difficult to wade through it to find anything good. Combined with the number of their fellow idiots that swallow what they are saying hook, line, and sinker and we are just creating one big misinformed society. I like the openness of it, but I don't like what it is causing. If that makes any sense at all. Better than having gate keepers controlling what they determined as news. At least this way we are each responsible for what we each consume. Over time people will become more aware. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - Vlad - 01-21-2016 (01-20-2016, 10:03 PM)Benton Wrote: except... Reporters aren't lethal weapons. They don't have some kind of special sway. In the end, journalists are only exercising a person's first amendment rights. That's it. Anything a report does someone off the street can do, as far as going into a public meeting or public building and requesting public documents. They have a lot of special sway. A 2010 report from the Media Research Center revealed the following: A poll of journalists by the American Society of Newspaper editors found that self-identified liberals outnumbered conservatives in newsrooms 61 percent to 15 percent. More than four-fifths of surveyed journalists said they voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election between 1964 and 1976. In 1992, 88 percent of surveyed D.C. reporters said they voted for Bill Clinton for president. In 2004, the same group said it supported Democrat John Kerry over President George W. Bush by a 12-to-1 margin. In 2009, a whopping 96 percent of the staff working for the online Slate magazine said they supported Barack Obama for president. And get this – in the American Society of Newspaper Editors poll, 71 percent of editors admitted that reporters’ opinions “sometimes” or “often” influence their coverage. Journalists are cheerleaders for the democrat party, and they seem these days to report their opinions, not news. The tone is also different when reporting a Republican charged of wrongdoing then it is that of a Dem. A very accusatory style of reporting when its a Republican, but they put their kid gloves on when its a Democrat. It recall when Sarah Palin said that "Paul Revere warned the British" this "news" wouldn't go away, but when some Democrat from Delaware said he wished Sarah Palin was on the plane that crashed in Alaska killing all aboard, it was barely touched upon. And the censorship. Most recent when the latest news of Hillaries email scandal was swept under the rug in favor of a story waaaaaay more newsworthy...Palins endorsement of Trump. http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2016/01/19/networks-censor-massive-hillary-e-mail-bombshell-spend-over-10 She is the democrat candidate for president and must be protected. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - fredtoast - 01-21-2016 (01-21-2016, 02:27 AM)Vlad Wrote: They have a lot of special sway. What does any of this have ot do with the topic of the thread? BTW You forgot to mention Benghazi. You need to return to the echo chamber for further indoctrination. RE: Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina - Benton - 01-21-2016 (01-21-2016, 02:27 AM)Vlad Wrote: They have a lot of special sway. This is why we need more trained journalists. Reading comprehension rates have gone to crap in this country. Your post — while full of fear mongering for what you perceive as a biased media — has nothing to do with what was said in my post. Or the OP. I should know better than to respond, but I'll point out all those numbers are self reported. As a journalist, I spend a lot of time with polls (you're welcome for that giggle). Over the last 20-25 years they've become increasingly unreliable. Why? Caller ID is the biggest reason. There's also the fact workers are busier now than they were 20-30 years ago and don't have time to talk to some pollster with a clipboard. There are also a few others beliefs in the industry why they're starting to fail, but those seem to be the big two. So jumping up and down over self-reported numbers is like believing someone when they tell you how many sexual partners they've had or a drunk guy tells you how many beers he's had. It's completely unreliable. Try the book below. Or at least the synopsis. Or — at the very least — don't believe everything you read on the internet. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739164740?ie=UTF8&tag=washpost-style-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0739164740 |