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December 12, 2004

Yeah, Right

So. CBS News appears to be calling for limitations on the First Amendment Rights of those of us who blog.

Blogs: New Medium, Old Politics

Like all media, blogs hold the potential for abuse. Experts point out that blogs' unregulated status makes them particularly attractive outlets for political attack.

"The question is: What are the appropriate regulations on the Internet?" asked Kathleen Jamieson, an expert on political communication and dean of the Annenberg School for Communications. "It's evolved into an area that we need to do more thinking about it."

With the same First Amendment protections as newspapers, blogs are increasingly gaining influence

Goodness. As I recall, First Amendment protections are for *all* United States Citizens, not just newspapers! And as I also recall, regulation of free speech is not exactly constitutional.

Is the Mainstream Media is suddenly becoming a threat to our Constitutional rights as individuals?

Or have we become such a threat to their hidden partisanship that they are casting stones in our direction?

Posted by Beth at December 12, 2004 05:47 PM