Wednesday, June 6, 2007

What's a 'free press' when there's no PRESS

There’s no definition of “press” in the 45 words of the First Amendment, so in a world of "citizen journalism," web sites, MySpace, blogs, etc., who's bound by the responsibilities that go along with a free press?

That question is posed by First Amendment Center executive director Gene Policinski in a compelling piece worth considering.

Check it out here -- http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/commentary.aspx?id=18623