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Old 05-22-2013, 12:02 PM
 
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Stop taking talking points, and regurgitating them. Instead, find out what the issue is. To begin with, DOJ is acting within law. The issue, if anything, should be the law that enables it. No?
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There is absolutely nothing illegal with a reporting reporting what he is told. No law makes that illegal.
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Old 05-22-2013, 12:03 PM
 
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So, perhaps the "liberal media" is in reality no friend to either party and a separate entity driven primarily by the profit motive.

Generally, yes.

As to the Fox and AP scandals, I would surmise they are primarily motivated by self-preservation and revenge.
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Old 05-22-2013, 12:03 PM
 
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I think the liberal media are beginning to see the writing on the wall conserning Obama and the curent administration and are beginnig to fear their loss of the fredom of the press.
Exposing the trators for who they are is producing some fire.
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Old 05-22-2013, 12:12 PM
 
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This one is tricky. The Justice Department investigation wasn't to stop freedom of speech or freedom of the press--they were investigating a CRIME that threatened national security. What do you do when a member of the press commits a crime in the course of their reporting? Are they above the law? Lots of things to think about.

James Rosen Leak Investigation: Fox News Reporter 'Co-Conspirator' - Business Insider
Not tricky at all. Rosen was never charged. The crime wasn't really a crime, unless you count reporting on something that an informant told you. And what about that informant - why were they never charged and/or have THEIR records seized?

A press that is protected by the first amendment, and CAN and SHOULD report on the goings on of our government is vital to our freedom as a people.
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Old 05-22-2013, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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The Justice Department investigation wasn't to stop freedom of speech or freedom of the press--they were investigating a CRIME that threatened national security.
"National security" is a cop-out used by the tyrants of the U.S. government to justify nearly all their actions.

Whether it's cracking down on war protestors, Native American groups, civil rights groups, or Tea Party groups, it's all a ruse to seize more power at the expense of ours.

It's a meaningless term.
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Old 05-22-2013, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Northern Wisconsin
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The NY Times has been leaking stuff for years, yet when Fox is involved, the Justice Dept. goes after them. Typical of this administration.
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Old 05-22-2013, 12:47 PM
 
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The NY Times has been leaking stuff for years, yet when Fox is involved, the Justice Dept. goes after them. Typical of this administration.
No news organization can leak anything. They can only report what they have been told.
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Old 05-22-2013, 12:51 PM
 
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Not tricky at all. Rosen was never charged. The crime wasn't really a crime, unless you count reporting on something that an informant told you. And what about that informant - why were they never charged and/or have THEIR records seized?

A press that is protected by the first amendment, and CAN and SHOULD report on the goings on of our government is vital to our freedom as a people.
He hasn't been charged YET. They're still investigating.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/polit...ing-cia/65393/
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Old 05-22-2013, 01:01 PM
 
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The government isn't about to charge him with anything. If they did the entire news media would come down on them big time.

As the article noted, he is accused of doing nothing more than the Washington Post did to uncover Watergate.

There is NO law that would ban a reporter from asking anything.
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Old 05-22-2013, 01:13 PM
 
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So, perhaps the "liberal media" is in reality no friend to either party and a separate entity driven primarily by the profit motive.
All media is controlled by the 5 biggest corps who CEO's are members of the CFR. They will do whatever the CFR tells them to do. Right or Left.

Nothing like a stupid right/left confrontation to mask over what really is going on.
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