How Plamegate Hurts the Net
The time is ripe to reconsider what protections speech needs in an increasingly digital democracy. On the one hand, we need to recognize the special and fundamental role that journalists play in a free society. On the other hand, we need to recognize that many more individuals, unassociated with traditional newspapers, magazines and television shows, now play that same role. Even more revolutionary, speakers no longer need a mainstream news outlet to make news. We have the internet.
How Plamegate Hurts the Net