Good news, if it continues to be upheld.
The mainstream media and Dems and GOP-Elites were hoping that only ‘approved’ journalists could garner such constitutional protection. That way, they could go after any blogger who wrote things they didn’t like.
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And in this particular case, the ruling may do more harm than good. The court fully acknowledged that the blogger made false and defamatory statements against the plaintiff in the case, but overturned the award for damages due to the failure of the judge in the civil case to give the proper instructions to the jury about the defendant's First Amendment rights (which may not apply anyway).
“Fascist” Sen. Feinstein Wants to Regulate the 1st Amendment: Bloggers Are Not “Real Reporters”