RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Michigan considers law to license journalists

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:56:57 -0700

Yes, but having a government entity out there somewhere that would judge who is (and, more importantly, who *isn't*) qualified to be a journalist is de facto censorship.  The only problem with your analogy is there is no "freedom to practice medicine" or "freedom to drive" specifically granted in the Constitution, so the government is free to legislate doctors and drivers as they see fit.
 
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL
 
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Michigan considers law to license
journalists
From: "Kevin M." <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, June 02, 2010 5:44 pm
To: [email protected]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Michael wrote:
> This smacks of an attempt at eventual access control. "Freedom of the
> what?"

Requiring doctors to have a license to practice medicine would seem to
be a beneficial idea. Requiring drivers to have a license to use
public roads would seem equally beneficial. Requiring someone to have
some sort of credentials to be called a journalist doesn't seem a bad
idea. It doesn't deny any freedoms, but it helps to clarify to whom
those freedoms are applicable.

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

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