This is awesome. The left might be following the Communist manifesto, but they’re implementing things in the wrong order. You piss off the media, and suddenly you become a pariah.
the folks who own the MSM also own the DC politicians. This is just a way to control, via a threat of incarceration so the reporters don’t go rogue on the ruling elite and the DC government officials. They don’t need no stinking First Amendment.
This Pentagon choice won’t ‘piss off the media’... the MSM likes the heavy hand of thuggery resting on them.
BUT...
Some in the press are fighting back...
Reason.com was order to hand over the names of people who made comments on their site....
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/25/how-the-feds-asked-me-to-rat-out-commenters.html
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“Reason.com, the website I edit, was recently commanded by the feds to provide information on a few commenters and not discuss it. Here’s why we’re speaking out.” - more at link..