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.
Other examples being how AJ is getting treated vs. media that slandered Covington kids and others, or the White House Press Corp - which is a totally essential function of a free press that courts will step in to defend when barred from the WH - but which can also be carefully curated to be hand-picked members from preferred establishment organizations.
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.
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.
All of that is corruption provided by the current regime, not actual legal protections.
We all hate the journo goblins, but "freedom of the press" is not what you're referring to.
Other examples being how AJ is getting treated vs. media that slandered Covington kids and others, or the White House Press Corp - which is a totally essential function of a free press that courts will step in to defend when barred from the WH - but which can also be carefully curated to be hand-picked members from preferred establishment organizations.
Literally no you wouldn't. Have any of the people on the internet that doxxed and blackmailed by internet randos have those internet randos arrested?
People do shit they do all the time, the only "protections" they get are from each other not from the law.
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.