Comments on: Everybody wants to be an editor http://carlosmiller.com/2010/01/18/everybody-wants-to-be-an-editor/ It's a First Amendment Right Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: swank http://carlosmiller.com/2010/01/18/everybody-wants-to-be-an-editor/#comment-18701 swank Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:46:42 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9342#comment-18701 Well said, Carlos. This is true more than ever now, as with the war on terror and the Patriot Act, we're constantly being asked to give up more and more of our "smaller" rights. But as Benjamin Franklin said, "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Well said, Carlos. This is true more than ever now, as with the war on terror and the Patriot Act, we’re constantly being asked to give up more and more of our “smaller” rights.

But as Benjamin Franklin said, “Those who would give up Essential Liberty
to purchase a little Temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

]]> By: Hazy http://carlosmiller.com/2010/01/18/everybody-wants-to-be-an-editor/#comment-18658 Hazy Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:07:10 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9342#comment-18658 CM, it's sad that your fellow journalists at miami411.com are mindless drones. CM, it’s sad that your fellow journalists at miami411.com are mindless drones.

]]> By: mepsipax http://carlosmiller.com/2010/01/18/everybody-wants-to-be-an-editor/#comment-18655 mepsipax Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:58:55 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9342#comment-18655 Rich is exactly right. Carlos, I agree with you 100%. It follows the same line as "If you have nothing to hide, why can't we search you." It is an invasion of rights. Period. .-= mepsipax´s last blog ..<a href="http://iamadick.squarespace.com/journal/2010/1/17/i-am-going-to-hell.html" rel="nofollow">I am going to Hell</a> =-. Rich is exactly right. Carlos, I agree with you 100%. It follows the same line as “If you have nothing to hide, why can’t we search you.”
It is an invasion of rights. Period.
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]]> By: Rich Demanowski http://carlosmiller.com/2010/01/18/everybody-wants-to-be-an-editor/#comment-18652 Rich Demanowski Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:13:18 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9342#comment-18652 Anybody who wants to be, can be an editor all they want. After all, in they end, they each individually choose what books, magazines, papers, articles and websites they read, what music they listen to, what art galleries and museums they attend, and what television channels they watch. The choice of the end user is the <i>only</i> appropriate place for <strike>censorship</strike> everyone to be an editor. Anybody who wants to be, can be an editor all they want.

After all, in they end, they each individually choose what books, magazines, papers, articles and websites they read, what music they listen to, what art galleries and museums they attend, and what television channels they watch.

The choice of the end user is the only appropriate place for censorship everyone to be an editor.

]]> By: Michael Sartin http://carlosmiller.com/2010/01/18/everybody-wants-to-be-an-editor/#comment-18650 Michael Sartin Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:55:25 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9342#comment-18650 In my opinion, police interference with a reporter or photographer covering a story violates not only the 1st Amendment rights of the journalist, but also the 1st Amendment rights of everyone who might have read the coverage that would have ensued. That the police have a desire to limit coverage either reflects poor training (possibly a systemic failure) or they are trying to cover something up. Law enforcement leaders need to know this: If I were on a jury tomorrow I would be disinclined to take police testimony at face value. It does not matter whether it is a matter of training or genuine malfeasance, the result is the same. South Florida law enforcement has become untrustworthy. In my opinion, police interference with a reporter or photographer covering a story violates not only the 1st Amendment rights of the journalist, but also the 1st Amendment rights of everyone who might have read the coverage that would have ensued. That the police have a desire to limit coverage either reflects poor training (possibly a systemic failure) or they are trying to cover something up.

Law enforcement leaders need to know this: If I were on a jury tomorrow I would be disinclined to take police testimony at face value. It does not matter whether it is a matter of training or genuine malfeasance, the result is the same. South Florida law enforcement has become untrustworthy.

]]> By: Jay http://carlosmiller.com/2010/01/18/everybody-wants-to-be-an-editor/#comment-18648 Jay Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:59:09 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9342#comment-18648 Everybody repeat after me: If the public is allowed there, so is the media. ARGH. This is effectively prior restraint and since the PIO prevented him from doing his job, also restraint of trade. And that pesky old First Amendment. Everybody repeat after me: If the public is allowed there, so is the media. ARGH. This is effectively prior restraint and since the PIO prevented him from doing his job, also restraint of trade. And that pesky old First Amendment.

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