<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Quotes concerning freedom of speech and freedom of the press </title> <atom:link href="https://dangerousintersection.org/2012/02/29/quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2012/02/29/quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press</link> <description>Human Animals at the Crossroads of Science, Religion, Media and Culture</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:53:21 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title> By: Adam Herman </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2012/02/29/quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press/comment-page-1/#comment-115235</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Herman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:53:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=21812#comment-115235</guid> <description><![CDATA[And thanks for correcting, my misspelling of your name. :) I tend to have a more absolutist view of the 1st amendment than most, but I think that bloggers are a natural ally against the desires of the mainstream media to define the freedom of the press as benefiting solely themselves. And shockingly, courts have occasionally granted them special privileges that are denied to non-professional journalists. Journalism is something one DOES, and when one is engaged in journalism one receives, or should receive, all the protections afforded to the practice.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And thanks for correcting, my misspelling of your name. 🙂</p> <p>I tend to have a more absolutist view of the 1st amendment than most, but I think that bloggers are a natural ally against the desires of the mainstream media to define the freedom of the press as benefiting solely themselves. And shockingly, courts have occasionally granted them special privileges that are denied to non-professional journalists.</p> <p>Journalism is something one DOES, and when one is engaged in journalism one receives, or should receive, all the protections afforded to the practice.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Erich Vieth </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2012/02/29/quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press/comment-page-1/#comment-115234</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:33:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=21812#comment-115234</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://dangerousintersection.org/2012/02/29/quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press/comment-page-1/#comment-115230">Adam Herman</a>. Adam: I couldn't agree more. Yes, freedom of the press is not an exclusive club limited to corporations, or even those who make a living at it. It is a right granted to all citizen journalists. http://gigaom.com/2011/09/15/freedom-of-the-press-applies-to-everyone-yes-even-bloggers/]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://dangerousintersection.org/2012/02/29/quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press/comment-page-1/#comment-115230">Adam Herman</a>.</p> <p>Adam: I couldn’t agree more. Yes, freedom of the press is not an exclusive club limited to corporations, or even those who make a living at it. It is a right granted to all citizen journalists. <a href="http://gigaom.com/2011/09/15/freedom-of-the-press-applies-to-everyone-yes-even-bloggers/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://gigaom.com/2011/09/15/freedom-of-the-press-applies-to-everyone-yes-even-bloggers/</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Adam Herman </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2012/02/29/quotes-concerning-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press/comment-page-1/#comment-115230</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Herman]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:55:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=21812#comment-115230</guid> <description><![CDATA[I hate how the corporate media and the professional journalistic class has distorted the meaning of "the press" in our Constitution to mean some privileged class of people with unique rights. Even JFK apparently believed this. The corporate media does of course have press rights, but so does Erich Vieth. So do I. The freedom of the press is not the freedom of the media, it's the freedom to publish. It is not a corporate right, it is an individual right that we all possess.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hate how the corporate media and the professional journalistic class has distorted the meaning of “the press” in our Constitution to mean some privileged class of people with unique rights. Even JFK apparently believed this.</p> <p>The corporate media does of course have press rights, but so does Erich Vieth. So do I. The freedom of the press is not the freedom of the media, it’s the freedom to publish. It is not a corporate right, it is an individual right that we all possess.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>