What a police car was vandalized and your thinking it was a misdemeanor? How do you figure?
Anything over $500 is a felony in most states. That's not even to mention the sedition charges that could be brought about from such actions. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Blogger or Journalist > > > hmm it isn't that simple. I have only read the one story that Nick posted, > but the footage is of a demonstration, not simple vandalism. Apparently a > police car was damaged in the course of the demonstration and they want to > know if unaired portions of the tape point to who and how. I'd have to see > the guy's rationale to know what I think of this. > > If he wants to avoid setting a precedent I might agree with him. > This is not > a matter of say a murder that we know for sure happened. It's people who > were exercising their right to free speech and perhaps some of them also > committed a misdemeanour. If I weigh that out I come down in favor of not > setting a precedent. > > As for whether a blogger is a journalist, I think this is > something that has > not been worked out yet. It may depend on the blog. But regardless of the > blog, the guy sold some of the film to a local television station so in my > book that makes him a freelance journalist. > > > On 8/2/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Keep in mind that Judy Miller spent several months in jail over > the Plame > > leak case. Personally, I don't think journalists should have blanket > > protection where criminals acts are involved. This blogger's claim is a > > perfect example. What right of free speech protects him no turning over > > video evidence of a crime? Nothing. > > > > On 8/2/06, Nick wrote: > > > > > > OK, so here is a question, at what point does a person with a blog > > become > > > a > > > journalist? > > > > > > A blogger was sent to prison today for failing to turn over a > video that > > > prosecutors claim has footage of a group of people > vandalizing a police > > > car. > > > He is claiming that he is a journalist and has the right to keep some > > > information private. > > > > > > > > > > > http://news.com.com/Blogger+jailed+after+defying+court+orders/2100-1028_3-61 > > 01187.html > > > > Two things, first, this may contain footage of a crime that occurred in > a > > public place, even if the guy were a journalist, should it still be > > protected? Is this equal to not revealing a source? > > > > 2nd, Can a person that has a day job, that writes a blog be considered a > > journalist? What is a journalist? > > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
