CBS News supports censoring blogs

Lone Star Times ^ | 12-09-2004 | David_Wildes

[weegee]

When I was linking to CBS News for my Stupefy Me report earlier today (directly below), I came across this gem of a story (FR THREAD ON THE CBS ARTICLE: Blogs: New Medium, Old Politics NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2004). It appears that CBS News not only is striking back at the blogs and bloggers that took out Dan Rather and embarrassed their entire organization, but they are also supporting censorship of us rascally citizens.

Internet blogs are providing a new and unregulated medium for politically motivated attacks. With the same First Amendment protections as newspapers, blogs are increasingly gaining influence.

(snip)

…Case precedent on political speech as it pertains to blogs does not exist. But where journalists' careers may be broken on ethics violations, bloggers are writing in the Wild West of cyberspace. There remains no code of ethics, or even an employer, to enforce any standard.

At minimum, the role of blogs in the Daschle-Thune race is a telling harbinger for 2006 and 2008. Some blogs could become new vehicles for the old political dirty tricks.

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

(snip)

“[The question is] whether blogs are analogous to a sole person campaigning or whether they are very much a media publication, which is essentially akin to an online newspaper,” said Goldberg, who is the legal counsel to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

(snip)

Beginning next year, the F.E.C. will institute new rules on the restricted uses of the Internet as it relates to political speech.

“I think those questions are going to have to be asked and answered,” said Lillian BeVier, a First Amendment expert at the University of Virginia. “It’s going to be an issue and it should be an issue.”

The whole story is worth a read. It details the impact of blogs on the Daschle-Thune race. Surprisingly, it does not mention the impact of blogs on Dan Rather or our liberal counterparts’ impact on the leaking of exit poll data. There is no word on whether veteran anchors can be used as a vehicles for the old political dirty tricks.

[Route101]

Ha!,Ha!... CBS...The pajama blogger brigade kicked the crap out of you and you don't like it...So you want to censor free speech?...good luck! You hate it that we showed all those way overpaid exec's are not worth a damn. Does it embarass you?...L.O.L.

[weegee]

CBS doesn't want the monopoly. They just want to see that the DNC has a monopoly on it.

[weegee]

Exposing their Zogbyism cost them millions AND the election.

[papertyger]

Note to CBS:

In the final analysis, advertising, packaging, and torpedoing the competition aren't going to save your dog food company if the dogs don't like it.

[Bon mots]

Yeah right. They can almost regulate blogs. Then you will see hundreds of blogs open up in places beyond the US's borders. I live abroad. I can post whatever I want about the US and nobody can stop me. As long as I don't threaten people nor break the laws of the country I'm living in. CBS can do whatever they like, but they will pay a heavier price than just losing old gasbag Rather.

[Route101]

Indeed.......I like thst word....Zogbyism...and now for another zogbyism.....

[Boot Hill]

"CBS News supports censoring blogs"

This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time.

I love it when the opposition admits they got their collective butts whipped by rank amateurs. And I love it when they propose such an untenable solution as to censor a medium so inherently anarchical and uncensorable, as the internet.

As President Bush said: Bring it on!

--Boot Hill

[Prophet in the Wilderess]

What they are really saying is " Beginning next year , the F.E.C. will institute new rules on the restricted uses of Conservative/Republicans on the Internet as it relates to political speech, and religious Christian speech and the Conservative/Republicans will no longer have FREE SPEECH in this country no more, violators will be put in the Soviet Gulag " . MSM has declared until father notice , that there will be a crackdown on any political speech of conservatism/republicanism and Christians, MSM's goal is to have only one communist/democratic party in this country. ( Sarcasm )

[carumba]

My wife wears 'Saran Wrap' over her head for some strange hair treatment. I have found it is unwise to snicker. I just bite my lips and hope the insane urge to smile passes quickly.

[Señor Zorro]

Of course the favor sensoring blogs...they reveal CBS to be a biased, lying organization and cut in on their business.

[konaice]

Oh sure, Enterprise, take the easy way out.
I wanted the see the picture of the other spelling!



;-)

[Prophet in the Wilderess]

I guess also in their liberal minds, that they will somehow " REGULATE OUR TV NEWS WATCHING " and force feed us their slime. opps, they were doing that for the last 40 years up until 10 years ago.
I would not put it passed the liberals, trying to regulate that we can't turn off C.B.S A.B.C N.B.C. C.N.N. P.B.S and turn it to another channel in our own homes.

[weegee]

The libs would love it if all media were owned by the state. NPR, PBS, and Voice of America are all decidedly leftist.

[Prophet in the Wilderess]

You mean, " Voice of U.S.S.A "

[kingu]

However, if the guy was a consultant he should have had a notice on his blog to that effect.

Does this mean that every time I write a letter to the editor, I must insist that they publish that I was a Republican Party volunteer along with the text of my letter?

A blog is a personal statement. That is something so deeply covered by court decisions to be beyond any attempt by congress or any court to regulate. People choose to read these personal statements and may or may not decide to make a response. The courts long ago decided that someone is not a member of the press unless they present themselves as being so. The southdakotapolitics-blog isn't represented as a press publication, but a personal sharing of opinion.

CBS is barking up the wrong tree here; more power to them. Every stupid step by them makes us stronger.

[MeekOneGOP]

You've got to ask
yourself one question:
"Do I Feel Lucky ??"
Well do you, punk ?!

[MeekOneGOP]

[Howlin]

Here is my EXACT post from the CBS story yesterday:

To: gov_bean_ counter

But where journalists' careers may be broken on ethics violations, bloggers are writing in the Wild West of cyberspace. There remains no code of ethics, or even an employer, to enforce any standard.

HAHAHAHA......oh my sides hurt from laughing!

CBS got burned and, if you ask me, they're going after the internet now.

13 posted on 12/09/2004 6:32:46 PM EST by Howlin (W, Still the President)

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Blogs: New Medium, Old Politics

I'm so tired of people reading FR and then using it on their own blogs.

[Howlin]

But where journalists' careers may be broken on ethics violations, bloggers are writing in the Wild West of cyberspace. There remains no code of ethics, or even an employer, to enforce any standard.

[Mo1]

Sooooooooooo does this mean CBS is going to go after MSNBC ... they have Blogs .. several of them in fact

[Caipirabob]

What does this mean?

It means they're really PO'd about getting their butts handed to them by the people, so the people must go.