Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Journeymen Journalists?

Jonah Goldberg on the stupidity of federal shield laws and the decay of the First Amendment.

Guilds are only a good thing in a feudal society, where the represent protection of tradesmen against a grasping nobility. In a modern free-market society, they represent a barrier to the citizenry and protection for those who are closest to the corridors of power. No one can argue that "freedom of the press" means any such thing.

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