In his opening, Neal Boortz had this to say:
Boortz proceeded to count the ways that government and Democrats are involved in the press that we call free.
“But wait a minute, you say. There’s the First Amendment, there’s freedom of press. The United States government doesn’t license journalists.”
“Well, think about this most Americans get their news from radio, t.v.; they get their news from entities licensed by the government, but let’s get to the journalists.”
“Chuck Schumer wants the government to, in effect, accredit or license journalists. Chuckie says the licensed journalist or the accredited journalist would get exemption from subpoenas and other legal requirements that may expose their confidential sources.”
“Do you want the government deciding which journalists are covered by this law and which are not?”
Boortz added a line or two on the FCC’s attempt to enter newsrooms around a month ago for the sake of “monitoring editorial and reporter assignment practices.”
He concluded, “Democrats are definitely moving in on the free press.”
