tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post7776705559579630701..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: The Media: Speech for me and not for thee?Rick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-30084213266363217022016-02-04T13:03:55.117-06:002016-02-04T13:03:55.117-06:00Yes, if I may express an unauthorized and unreport...Yes, if I may express an unauthorized and unreported opinion. If freedom of the press means (as one Wisconsin State Journal scribbler told me) the institutional newspapers (corporations, all), then may others of us rent a press? May we rent space on the press for, say, the bottom half of Page 2? May we do so 59 days before a general election to defend our fellow shareholders (persons, all, and not polar bears) from Bernie's expropriation?David Blaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746169836462702879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-30218571439073724952015-11-03T08:11:18.511-06:002015-11-03T08:11:18.511-06:00The 1st amendment lists freedom of speech and free...The 1st amendment lists freedom of speech and freedom of the press. The best explanation I have found for these two is that freedom of speech covers the spoken word and freedom of the press covers the written word. It appears as if "The Press" has co-opted this freedom to themselves, when it in fact belongs to every individual. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com