They don't. Freedom of the press refers to the creation of news, not some class of people. They don't have any extra protection legally America has incredibly lax libel and slander laws.
The "extra protection" comes from other journos not relentlessly attacking people like this.
Oh? So the Washington Post didn't hire terrorists and get off Scot free? CNN didn't commit felony blackmail against an American citizen on the fourth of July and not suffer any consequences? The New York Times didn't do, hell, all the awful shit they've done and yet they're still doing it, while they're owned by a goddamn foreigner?
If you or I had done a tiny fraction of the shit that even a single one of these so called "press" have done publicly we would die in a windowless cell.
Don't tell me they don't have untold privileges compared to real people.
Edit: first you claim they don't have legal privileges. I list half a dozen examples of them having legal privileges to commit crimes that would put anyone here in prison. Seems like you think that is just hunky dory, and if that is the case then to be frank you're a complete idiot.
It is the height of faux intellectual cuckoldry to defend the goddamn media on this website of all things. The press is the enemy, full stop.
As the days go by, I'm waiting for him and similar other members to start espousing that "the Founders were wrong", if some haven't already. I've been seeing an increasing number of "conservatives"/traditionalists going down that dark path these past few years.
Freedom of the press was clearly a mistake.
As opposed to government controlled press? Not sure you thought that one through.
No as opposed to the press having the power to lie and slander endlessly and claiming it's their inherent right to do so.
They should have absolutely no additional freedom, privilege or protections than any other citizen.
They don't. Freedom of the press refers to the creation of news, not some class of people. They don't have any extra protection legally America has incredibly lax libel and slander laws.
The "extra protection" comes from other journos not relentlessly attacking people like this.
Don't talk like a commie.
Oh? So the Washington Post didn't hire terrorists and get off Scot free? CNN didn't commit felony blackmail against an American citizen on the fourth of July and not suffer any consequences? The New York Times didn't do, hell, all the awful shit they've done and yet they're still doing it, while they're owned by a goddamn foreigner?
If you or I had done a tiny fraction of the shit that even a single one of these so called "press" have done publicly we would die in a windowless cell.
Don't tell me they don't have untold privileges compared to real people.
Edit: first you claim they don't have legal privileges. I list half a dozen examples of them having legal privileges to commit crimes that would put anyone here in prison. Seems like you think that is just hunky dory, and if that is the case then to be frank you're a complete idiot.
It is the height of faux intellectual cuckoldry to defend the goddamn media on this website of all things. The press is the enemy, full stop.
As the days go by, I'm waiting for him and similar other members to start espousing that "the Founders were wrong", if some haven't already. I've been seeing an increasing number of "conservatives"/traditionalists going down that dark path these past few years.