From: "Mark" 

http://www.hughhewitt.com/#postid1428
"Many correspondents ask why I haven't rushed to join in the
condemnation of the FEC's move to shut down the blogs.  Answer: I have been
teaching the First Amendment for a decade, and it isn't going to happen
because it would be patently and obviously unconstitutional to classify the
content of a political blog --which is essentially a cyber-newspaper-- as
within the purview of the FEC."

I agree with Hugh (and the additional links provided in his piece). On the
off chance that they tried something like that, it'd not get far


"Randy"  wrote in message news:422d0074$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> http://news.com.com/2008-1028_3-5597079.html
> "Mark"  wrote in message
news:422bdfc7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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>>I think it may be time to pull some of the wool from over your eyes Bob
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/technology/07press.html
>> "Another signal moment for bloggers is to occur this morning, when
>> Garrett M. Graff, who writes a blog about the news media in Washington,
>> is to be ushered into the White House briefing room to attend the daily
>> press "gaggle."
>> Mr. Graff, 23, may be the first blogger in the short history of the
>> medium to be granted a daily White House pass for the specific purpose of
>> writing a blog, or Web log. A White House spokesman said yesterday that
>> he believed Mr. Graff was the first blogger to be given
credentials." ...
>>
>> "... Mr. Graff was expanding the definition of what constitutes the
>> press, just as radio and television once pushed those boundaries."
>>
>> http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/
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