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A comment on Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press freedom alarms. Parent comment

Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by dragonwriter on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:54PM (#13093321)
They shouldn't, legitimate "press freedoms" don't belong to a special journalistic class, they protect activities no matter who is engaged in them.
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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by DanBC on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:58PM (#13093330)
US government seems to think that there is, in fact, a special journalistic class:

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/employment/media.h...

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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by dragonwriter on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:11PM (#13093394)
US immigration policies aren't even in principle based on any conception of rights, but of national interest.
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