Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
…it is hard to dispute that the advent of the internet as a medium and the emergence of the blog as a means of free dissemination of news and public comment have been transformative. By some accounts, there are in the range of 300 million blogs worldwide. The variety and quality of these are such that the word “blog” itself is an evolving term and concept. The impact of blogs has been so great that even terms traditionally well defined and understood in journalism are changing as journalists increasingly employ the tools and techniques of bloggers – and vice versa. In employing the word “blog,” we consider a site operated by a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose, most commonly in an area of special interest, knowledge or expertise of the blogger, and which usually provides for public impact or feedback. In that sense, it appears clear that many blogs and bloggers will fall within the broad reach of “media,” and, if accused of defamatory statements, will qualify as a “media defendant” for purposes of Florida’s defamation law as discussed above.
"I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege … or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," she said.
Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a "covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
We are not prepared to say that all blogs and all bloggers would qualify for the protection of section 770.01, Florida Statutes, but we conclude that VanVoorhis’s blog, at issue here, is within the ambit of the statute’s protection as an alternative medium of news and public comment.
In employing the word “blog,” we consider a site operated by a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose, most commonly in an area of special interest, knowledge or expertise of the blogger, and which usually provides for public impact or feedback.
First, this decision was by a circuit level court serving only two counties in Florida, not a federal one.
Second, nothing the Florida court said disagrees with Feinstein. In fact, the court's statement is in perfect harmony with what she wants.
When the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to grant journalistic protections to pretty much all bloggers, Feinstein had an objection:
"I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege … or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," she said.
Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a "covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Feinstein is okay with giving journalistic protection to bloggers who actually news and information. She does not believe all bloggers meet that criteria.
The Florida court feels the same way as Feinstein:
We are not prepared to say that all blogs and all bloggers would qualify for the protection of section 770.01, Florida Statutes, but we conclude that VanVoorhis’s blog, at issue here, is within the ambit of the statute’s protection as an alternative medium of news and public comment.
First, this decision was by a circuit level court serving only two counties in Florida, not a federal one.
Second, nothing the Florida court said disagrees with Feinstein. In fact, the court's statement is in perfect harmony with what she wants.
When the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to grant journalistic protections to pretty much all bloggers, Feinstein had an objection:
"I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege … or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," she said.
Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a "covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Feinstein is okay with giving journalistic protection to bloggers who actually news and information. She does not believe all bloggers meet that criteria.
The Florida court feels the same way as Feinstein:
We are not prepared to say that all blogs and all bloggers would qualify for the protection of section 770.01, Florida Statutes, but we conclude that VanVoorhis’s blog, at issue here, is within the ambit of the statute’s protection as an alternative medium of news and public comment.
We get it, you love Big Gov, because Big Gov loves you
The court did not refute Feinstein, much less destroy her. Simple fact. You were wrong. You have no victory.
First, this decision was by a circuit level court serving only two counties in Florida, not a federal one.
Second, nothing the Florida court said disagrees with Feinstein. In fact, the court's statement is in perfect harmony with what she wants.
When the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to grant journalistic protections to pretty much all bloggers, Feinstein had an objection:
"I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," she said.
Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a "covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Feinstein is okay with giving journalistic protection to bloggers who actually news and information. She does not believe all bloggers meet that criteria.
The Florida court feels the same way as Feinstein:
We are not prepared to say that all blogs and all bloggers would qualify for the protection of section 770.01, Florida Statutes, but we conclude that VanVoorhiss blog, at issue here, is within the ambit of the statutes protection as an alternative medium of news and public comment.
The court's definition of a protected blogger aligns with Feinstein's view:
In employing the word blog, we consider a site operated by a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose, most commonly in an area of special interest, knowledge or expertise of the blogger, and which usually provides for public impact or feedback.
Feinstein: ...someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Court: ... a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose
"covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Commie Czar Diane Frankenstein declared that the Media Shield Law only appleis to "salaried agents" and does not protect bloggers. Shove it Commie
Link and full PDF of court case attached at bottom:
it is hard to dispute that the advent of the internet as a medium and the emergence of the blog as a means of free dissemination of news and public comment have been transformative. By some accounts, there are in the range of 300 million blogs worldwide. The variety and quality of these are such that the word blog itself is an evolving term and concept. The impact of blogs has been so great that even terms traditionally well defined and understood in journalism are changing as journalists increasingly employ the tools and techniques of bloggers and vice versa. In employing the word blog, we consider a site operated by a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose, most commonly in an area of special interest, knowledge or expertise of the blogger, and which usually provides for public impact or feedback. In that sense, it appears clear that many blogs and bloggers will fall within the broad reach of media, and, if accused of defamatory statements, will qualify as a media defendant for purposes of Floridas defamation law as discussed above.
» Court Declares That, Yes, Bloggers Are Media Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Feinstein is okay with giving journalistic protection to bloggers who actually news and information. She does not believe all bloggers meet that criteria
First, this decision was by a circuit level court serving only two counties in Florida, not a federal one.
Second, nothing the Florida court said disagrees with Feinstein. In fact, the court's statement is in perfect harmony with what she wants.
When the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to grant journalistic protections to pretty much all bloggers, Feinstein had an objection:
"I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," she said.
Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a "covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Feinstein is okay with giving journalistic protection to bloggers who actually news and information. She does not believe all bloggers meet that criteria.
The Florida court feels the same way as Feinstein:
The court's definition of a protected blogger aligns with Feinstein's view:
In employing the word blog, we consider a site operated by a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose, most commonly in an area of special interest, knowledge or expertise of the blogger, and which usually provides for public impact or feedback.
Feinstein: ...someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Court: ... a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose
When did "free speech" become "special privilege"?
First, this decision was by a circuit level court serving only two counties in Florida, not a federal one.
Second, nothing the Florida court said disagrees with Feinstein. In fact, the court's statement is in perfect harmony with what she wants.
When the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to grant journalistic protections to pretty much all bloggers, Feinstein had an objection:
"I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," she said.
Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a "covered journalist" as someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Feinstein is okay with giving journalistic protection to bloggers who actually news and information. She does not believe all bloggers meet that criteria.
The Florida court feels the same way as Feinstein:
The court's definition of a protected blogger aligns with Feinstein's view:
In employing the word blog, we consider a site operated by a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose, most commonly in an area of special interest, knowledge or expertise of the blogger, and which usually provides for public impact or feedback.
Feinstein: ...someone who gathers and reports news for "an entity or service that disseminates news and information."
Court: ... a single individual or a small group that has primarily an informational purpose
When did "free speech" become "special privilege"?
Why is it that right wingers are not capable of typing out coherent sentences?
"Senator Diane Frankenstein destroy by Federal Judge"
The MSM and liberals hate anything that allows the free interchange of information! That's exactly why Obama has attacked bloggers, as has his front, Kinklestone.
Why is it that right wingers are not capable of typing out coherent sentences?
"Senator Diane Frankenstein destroy by Federal Judge"
Are you really criticizing me over a typo? I left out the "ed" suffix on destroy.
