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March 8, 2005
Are Fox News Reporters "Journalists"?
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Ronald Coleman of Likelihood of Confusion, responding below to Jack Balkin's argument that courts should determine whether a blogger is a journalist by examining what he or she actually does: "Yeah but. Does that mean that when an established media outlet ('MSM') runs a story that demonstrates a *failure* to do these things in connection with news reporting, that that publication or program will lose its presumptive entitlement to 'journalist' status? In other words, does bunking down with the Mujaheeden innoculate you for life from shoddy journalistic practices?"
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1. Ronald Coleman on March 8, 2005 2:43 PM writes...
Thanks for the link, Donna, but really! The "Mujaheeden" reference should have been a tipoff that I meant Gunga Dan ("fake but accurate"). But fair is fair -- the question applies regardless of the institution, right, left or center.
We're on a damned splippery slope to government licensure of the press here.
Permalink to Comment2. Erick Burtness on March 8, 2005 4:07 PM writes...
Or CBS News "reporters", for that matter...
Also, while one could potentially argue that MSN (or at least MSNBC) is an established media outlet, I think he actually used "MSM" (Mainstream Media), not "MSN".
Permalink to Comment3. Ronald Coleman on March 8, 2005 4:34 PM writes...
Yeah, I meant "MSM."
Permalink to Comment4. Donna on March 8, 2005 5:41 PM writes...
Thanks, guys -- fixed.
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