Hey buddy! Business model threatened? Why not...

Get the government to create special privileges for insiders, privileges denied to the hoi polloi:

2) COVERED PERSON- The term `covered person' means a person who regularly gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, or publishes news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public for a substantial portion of the person's livelihood or for substantial financial gain and includes a supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of such covered person. - HR-2021EH “The Free Flow of Information Act of 2007” as amended

By inserting a few words, the House changed a bill purported to extend the First Amendment into a monopoly protection act that establishes an exclusively privileged class of “paid journalists.”

I wonder who inserted those additions. I wonder about the sources of his/her campaign contributions. I wonder if it all might connect to this. Just wonderin'...

Tully at Stubborn Facts has been following this story: Molesting the First Amendment


Previously: Get the government to do your work for you.
Via: Lots of folks, but probably most recently Bill Quick.

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