The press is typically a company or corporation, it has been commonly held that commercial speech does not qualify for the same protections as private speech.
Freedom of the press assures that while it is a commercial organization what is prints is still protected. At 03:46 AM 7/7/2003 +0000, you wrote: >what difference to you see between freedom of speech for the individual and >freedom of speech for the press? They are both speech and the are both >protected by the first amendment. If you are going to say that they are >clearly separate because they are clearly listed separately in the >language, then I guess there is no arguing with that. > >Out of curiousity do you consider the Patriot Act constitutional? What abot >Patriot 2? > >Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
