Again, Jim is habitually confused. The regulations he believes are unconstitutional are in fact the constitutional ones (they protect journalists, although they do not go as far in their definition as some would like). The rules he should be upset about lie elsewhere int he law. -Declan On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 05:10:31PM -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
Why should they? Such regulations are unconstitutional. There is no distinction in the 1st about owners and employees of commercial news agencies, only presses (ie persons who own mechanisms to distribute information to a community at large).
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
David's comments in his response are on-target.
In this context, the only definition that seems to matter is what the DOJ believes to be a "member of the news media." In other words, if they say you're not, you likely would shoulder the burden to prove that you are.
Even if they acknowledge you are a journalist, the DOJ clearly does not feel bound to follow its own regulations.
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