Editor's Kid

Journalism a deadly and lawsuit-prone activity today

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Journalists aren’t faring well covering the world’s wars today where some 150 have been killed in the last year. And they aren’t faring well here at home as the U.S. president seeks to punish those with whom he disagrees. Just yesterday The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed alarm after a six-person jury on Thursday convicted […]

Editor's Kid

What Threat is Concentration of Media Ownership?

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When the Founding Fathers placed the First Amendment to the Constitution first, I think that was by design. That amendment, while protecting freedom of the press, also protects freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances. Marketplace of Ideas While the press was fiery […]