FREE SPEECH: Right belongs to all
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Amendment I to the Constitution of the United States.
In Friday’s Press, guest opinion writer Marc Stewart described a “critter … called the citizen journalist … They simply woke up one day and declared, I am a journalist, hear me roar … Citizen journalists are known to lie or omit key pieces of information.” He uses two recent local news items as examples of citizen journalists’ using sensational reporting to mislead and influence public opinion.
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