Leftards blame GOP

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the House Democrats have just passed the Free Flow of Information Act, a “shield law” that protects journalists.

I thought I’d be covered by these laws. After all, I have a degree in Professional Writing (thus I’m a proper’ educated writer). I make a living as a writer (albeit not as a journalist).

And I do augment my day job salary with a bit of income derived from my blogging hobby.

But Pelosi and her Democratic swamp-dwelling cronies have decided that I don’t qualify as a journalist worthy of protection:

The bill provides journalists with a qualified privilege as to sources and information, while at the same time, recognizing the need for effective law enforcement and robust national security. A blogger who regularly engages in journalistic activities – such as gathering and publishing news and information for dissemination to the public – and does so for a substantial portion of the person’s livelihood or for substantial financial gain would be covered by the shield as a journalist.

If I’d known the standard for protection was going to be predicated on earning a more “substantial” income from my blog, I would have focused on that…sheesh.

Of course, as they knee-jerk-action do with everything, the Lefties are blaming Republicans. From the very first comment* at the Daily Kos:

Is this their way of shutting down citizen reporters?

With the Internet, Republicans will never be in power again. The Republicans and beltway martini guzzlers need to devise a plan to take information spreading across the Internet out of politics and reality.

Is this their way?

Hey, Mensa — your party passed this stupid law. Not mine.

Found and further discussed at Memeorandum.

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* Yes, in this case one single comment does represent the entirety of the Left, because it happens to fit my narrative.