Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'
by leereeves on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:03PM
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"It's different for the media."
Oh CNN.
Proving that those who say the media thinks they're above the rest of us are right.
Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'
by snowwrestler on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:51PM
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Well to be fair, media organizations like CNN have legal departments staffed with experts ready to fight on this type of stuff. You and I probably do not.
There is also the famous Pentagon Papers case, which to my knowledge rests on the "freedom of the press" language in the First Amendment.
That said, this was a stupid thing for the CNN anchor to say. Regardless of the law, no federal prosecutor is going to waste their time trying to find and prosecute every U.S. citizen who visits the Wikileaks website.
Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'
by Mikeb85 on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:03PM
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Nope, but some of the people who watch CNN will be scared enough to not visit, and thus miss out on seeing the evidence of corruption...
Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'
by strictnein on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:07PM
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The number of media members who think "Freedom of the Press" is about them is astounding.
It was about the printing press and the ability to print what you wanted and, just as importantly, not be forced to print the things you didn't.
More interesting that CNN thinks they can read them but the public can not. Media organizations have no security clearances and thus are subject to the same access as anyone else.