Reply #15: That's not what Helen Thomas was talking about, [View All]

[OldLeftieLawyer]

though. I suspect you know that, too.

There are stringest directives and rules where journalism is concerned. That's why J-schools exist.

If you're not bound/protected by them, you're someone with a laptop. And sending in something you've written to a publication makes you a hopeful, but it does not make you a journalist. That's why you see "Special to the NY Daily Mush" under a over-the-transom piece.

Reporting is one thing. Journalism is another. Without a journalist's credentials, for instance, there are places you just are not allowed to go - like crime scenes.

You're citizens with laptops and thoughts and ideas, and that's wonderful. But, let's be clear here.