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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 3005497" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>Well, for our own personal edification, yes. But for the purposes of legality, no, "the press" as used in the Constitution didn't refer to organized major news media, it referred to every swinging Richard who chose to print out a handbill to spout his political views. The 1st Amendment protects everyone who does, or could choose to print/publish, in whatever media, his or her political views. This needs to be viewed as expansively as possible because the alternative is to have bureaucrats start parsing the Constitution to decide who is the "real" press deserving of 1st Amendment protection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 3005497, member: 18914"] Well, for our own personal edification, yes. But for the purposes of legality, no, "the press" as used in the Constitution didn't refer to organized major news media, it referred to every swinging Richard who chose to print out a handbill to spout his political views. The 1st Amendment protects everyone who does, or could choose to print/publish, in whatever media, his or her political views. This needs to be viewed as expansively as possible because the alternative is to have bureaucrats start parsing the Constitution to decide who is the "real" press deserving of 1st Amendment protection. [/QUOTE]
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