Idiots Special Edition -- Registering journalists // "I can see Russia from my window!"
GOP Rep. Wants Government To Register Journalists http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-press-freedom_us_569e8faae4b04c813761b0fd A South Carolina state representative who once introduced legislation to replace federal paper currency with gold and silver coins wants the government to set guidelines for who can be a journalist and keep a registry of those doing "responsible" work. In his "South Carolina Responsible Journalism Registry Law," Mike Pitts, a Republican lawmaker who emerged last year as a leading supporter of keeping the Confederate battle flag flying at the statehouse, calls for the state to "establish requirements for persons before working as a journalist for a media outlet and for media outlets before hiring a journalist." Pitts' bill would require the South Carolina Secretary of State's office to establish and operate a "responsible journalism registry." The law also calls for "fines and criminal penalties" for those who violate its statutes. - - - No, not from The Onion -- merely from a South Carolina idiot! In other idiot news today, comes word that Donald Trump has received the endorsement of cosmic-class uber-idiot Sarah Palin to shore up his standing with Evangelicals. This is fairly amusing given that it is obvious to any reasonable observer that Trump is less familiar with any aspect of the Old or New Testament than I am -- which is a significantly low bar in comparative religion terms. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
