Rep. Eric Swalwell of California and two other Democrats have introduced a bill which would give members of the media special protection. This is ridiculous.
"Dem lawmakers unveil Journalist Protection Act amid Trump attacks on media
Three Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a Journalist Protection Act that intends to designate “certain attacks on those reporting the news” as a federal crime.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.).
“The Journalist Protection Act makes it a federal crime to intentionally cause bodily injury to a journalist affecting interstate or foreign commerce in the course of reporting or in a manner designed to intimidate him or her from newsgathering for a media organization,” reads the Tuesday press release.
“It represents a clear statement that assaults against people engaged in reporting is unacceptable, and helps ensure law enforcement is able to punish those who interfere with newsgathering."
Yeah, right. Journalists are under attack. That must be why the Covington teenager Nick Sandmann, who was targeted by the media is now suing CNN for $275 million dollars.
But Democrats think the liberal media is the real victim in America today. Unreal.
(Via: GWP)
Blog Author's Comments: This bill should be amended to only extend protections to honest journalists. Those who actually confirm facts before they publish or broadcast anything. All of the media continually push their own agendas, and most are the enemy of the truth and an arm of the Democratic Party.
This is the last thing we need, another bill to institute a double standard of justice. These so-called journalists are to blame for much of the chaos our country has had to endure for almost four years. No other president in our history, has lived through and still governed, very well I might add, while enduring the non-stop lies and the bending and outright abuse of so many laws that President Trump has had to work through. The Media has become the enemy of so many of the American people.
