O_Guru
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I didn't say it's silly because I didn't like your answer; I said it's silly because it is silly..
but yet still 100% TRUE so if you want to think its silly fine but the fact is news does have the ablity
You can motivate people with words to commit certain actions, but ultimately the responsibility of those actions rests with the people who commit them. If I persuade you to murder someone, you will be the one who gets charged with murder, not me. I wouldn't even be an accessory unless I helped you do it.
I see no reason to blame the news for doing its job. Journalism is supposed to be intrusive and answer-seeking. If the government or military don't want journalists reporting the facts, then they will do what they can to prevent access, as we are seeing in Iraq and Afghanistan with the control of the media. They learned from Vietnam what televised wars can do.
Licensing is only a method of censorship. i.e. you can't publish stories unless you are registered by the state. And who controls the registration process? The State. And who decides the criteria for registration? The State. It's an infringement on the First Amendment.
blah blah blah
please stay on topic that i was answering
I dont want to punish the news i was only answering your questions please dont confuse the two. I also clearly said a couple times their ablity to kill doesnt change my answer and is not motivation for my answer
does the news have the ability to kill, YES
also im not for anything against the 1st amendment, what I wanted and siad in my post wouldnt do anything to it, thanks