Actually, I figured they already…
…had a database like this:
…[T]he United States government, traditionally one of the bastions of press freedom, is about to compile a list of professional journalists and “top media influencers,” which would seem to include bloggers and podcasters, and monitor what they’re putting out to the public.
Good grief – for what purpose? I can’t see anything that would make me think this is a good idea, and I read the article.
And you’re a likely suspect. Too much of this Alt Right blogging going on. Don’t you just love our new label to disqualify us?
Although from the field of economics, the story of John Cowperthwaite is one of the most inspiring illustrations of thwarting bad government. He contributed mightily to Hong Kong rising from poor to rich in the postwar era. A correspondent describes:
I cannot think of any valid reason for the government to catalog journalists. Freedom, however messy, is not the problem. Initiating fraud and force is the problem. Granting government the power to stage manage what free people choose to do guarantees corruption and will diminish the very thing that is supposed to be protected, which in the case of journalism, is the truth.
Of course this is a bad idea with a high probability for abuse. That’s WHY they want to do it.
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and for government to gain ground.” Thomas Jefferson
First take away the weapons, then take away freedom of expression.. Let blood flood the streets. If this is what the left wants, so be it.
Among my bookmark folders for political articles is one marked “subversion” — I think this initiative fits.
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Matthew M Says:
June 6th, 2018 at 7:08 pm
Although from the field of economics, the story of John Cowperthwaite is one of the most inspiring illustrations of thwarting bad government.
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I loved this other statement of his:
“At some point during our first conversation I managed to irk him by suggesting that he was chiefly known “for doing nothing.” In fact, he pointed out, keeping the British political busy-bodies from interfering in Hong Kong’s economic affairs took up a large portion of his time. “