Discussion for article #231020
“the greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation.”
I’m afraid it’s the new normal and it’s more a product of the technology and the times we’re living in than any personality flaw Obama might possess. I saw him on The Daily Show and thought Jon Stewart tried to draw him into a larger discussion when he asked “who get’s to make the decision” about what should remain secret but Risen couldn’t separate his personal circumstances from the question.
I thought the penultimate episode of The Newsroom was allegorical when the libertarian minded tech billionaire Lucas Pruitt literally killed the old school newsman Charlie Skinner.
We live in interesting times.
Holder has vowed that no reporter will go to jail as long as he’s attorney general
Of course. He’ll hand that off to the next guy.
Such wonderful half-truths.
I am wondering where the "half truth " is here? Holder said he will not jail a journalist and that does not set well with your cynicism posing as wisdom act. So you just make up shit and say, although he has never said, that he will hand the jailing off to the next AG. You have no idea if he will…its just a thought that fits comfortably in your belief system. Like I said in the beginning…where is the half truth? The full blown bunks location is obvious.
Drop the subpoena. Don’t subpoena any journalist EVER. You can talk to them but not under subpoena duress.
It’s time to put all this shit to rest. If a journalist can get the information and your agency cannot…that’s a fault of your agency. Our founders laid out the plan journalists and it was never intended they flatter or team up with government folks. That’s why they call them the “4th Estate” and not the 3rd estate subsection B.
It would be best to go 100 % on this one. If its a journo doing a journo thing…no matter ow much you disagree with that journo thing…let it be. That’s American or it should be.
Seriously?
Just like when Obama famously said “Nobody is listening to your calls” ( Of course not…that’s what computers are for!)
The fact that outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder has prosecuted more people under the Espionage Act than all previous attorneys general combined is an inescapable legacy of his time in office. All of those cases were brought against government workers or contractors accused of leaking classified information to the media
Heckuva legacy ya got there, Eric.