"Kelly: Why do you think that your suit hasn’t attracted the same amount of attention from the media as other scandals when the focus of it is specifically violations of the law? Garris: I don’t know exactly. Lindsey Graham for example, I think it was today or yesterday, said that he’s not sure that “bloggers should have First Amendment protection.” He talks about determining who is and isn’t a legitimate journalist. Once you have the government talking about doing that ― and they really have in the past-tried to differentiate, say, between Associated Press and Antiwar, with a lot of gray area in the middle ― and trying to draw a line as to where they see a legitimate journalist or not is very dangerous. It goes to the heart of the First Amendment; the government is going to be in the position to determine whose speech is protected and whose isn’t. In terms of the media coverage, I think there is a bias among larger media against upstarts. I mean that’s not across the board, I’m just saying that is something that is somewhat prevalent. Kelly: With so much uncertainty in the world, what advice would you give to the young people of this nation/generation? Garris: I would just say that people need to make up their own minds. They need to be informed. Don’t believe everything that you hear, try to find other points of view before you make up yours, and fight for the things that you believe in. You can really accomplish a lot if you put your mind to it … if you put your actions to it." Read more: communities.washingtontimes/neighborhood/remnant/2013/jun/10/exclusive-eric-garris-explains-fbi-surveillance-an/#ixzz2W7uuCoah Follow us: @wtcommunities on Twitter
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:36:27 +0000
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