Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board':
Six Republican state representatives in Georgia have moved to create an "ethics board" for journalists that would require news organizations to provide copies of pictures and audio and video recordings of interviews to subjects who request them or risk civil penalty.
The cost of meeting those requests would be paid by the news organizations.
The proposed legislation, House Bill 734, titled the "Ethics in Journalism Act," was sponsored Tuesday by Rep. Andy Welch, who represents the city of McDonough.
The bill would create a board of media professionals and academics that would produce"a canon of ethics" and "develop a voluntary accreditation process in journalism ethics," which would also allow for the investigation and sanctioning of journalists.
This bill isn't really about local news publishers (although they would be censored too) this is about censoring CNN which is headquartered in Atlanta.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @12:05AM (1 child)
"require news organizations to provide copies of pictures and audio and video recordings of interviews to subjects who request them or risk civil penalty"
I think that is fair, but then again I would imagine the interviewees could stipulate that as part of the interview process. The oversight board with investigative and sanctioning powers is truly messed up. While I would love to see some pundits get a smack down it still violates freedom of speech and seriously undermines the ability to maintain a free press.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday April 06 2019, @02:57AM
Yep. Sounds fun until you actually put the first two seconds of thought into it.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.