GG is in another poutrage today, and I love it.

I’ve always thought that’s what America needs most: Chuck Schumer deciding who is & isn’t a journalist http://t.co/Xy50ORyfme

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 21, 2014

Excerpts from the HP piece:

“The bill’s protections would apply to a “covered journalist,” defined as an employee, independent contractor or agent of an entity that disseminates news or information. The individual would have to have been employed for one year within the last 20 or three months within the last five years.

“It would apply to student journalists or someone with a considerable amount of freelance work in the last five years. A federal judge also would have the discretion to declare an individual a “covered journalist” who would be granted the privileges of the law.

(snip)

“While the definition covers traditional and online media, it draws the line at posts on Twitter, blogs or other social media websites by non-journalists.” More