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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @01:04AM (1 child)
Many things are not what they are "supposed" to be.
Did you believe Google when they said they were not evil? Do you believe a used car salesman when he says the car was only driven every other Sunday by a nice nun and her nine nieces? Then why do you believe the media when they tell you they're telling you the truth? That is, after all, precisely what a liar would say, isn't it?
The only thing the media wants to be open is your throat as they shove their lies down it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @07:52PM
No Puppy, it is not your throat that they will be shoving stuff into.