Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009

TTT MARCH 4: ONLINE JOURNALISTS–They Get No Respect!

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MARCH 4: ONLINE JOURNALISTS–They Get No Respect! Minnesota House. Majority Leader Tony Sertich continues to fight equal access for all media to the floor and in committee meetings/hearings. TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN discuss the role and importance of New Media (online journalism) in providing professional, informed journalism, but also to challenge the Majority Leader's assertion that allowing online journalists onto the House floor opens a Pandora's box of bloggers and cameras into an already chaotic arena. We discuss the practical flaws in Rep. Sertich's reasoning, given the reality of applications for floor access, etc. This is not a question of practicality, but of principle. The principle is embedded in the First Amendment, in the Rule itself (stating flatly that ALL accredited media MUST be allowed in), and based on the ethics of equal treatment under laws and rules governing access to public institutions. The dispute may narrow to the meaning and definition of "accredited," but who does the accrediting? In this day and age, "accredited" can apply to an ever-widening range of media resources. GUESTS: • REP. JEFF HAYDEN, Vice Chair Minnesota House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee • PAUL SCHMELZER, Editor, Minnesota Independent • SHAWN TOWLE, Editor/Publisher, Checks&Balances.com • MARY TURCK, Editor, Twin Cities Daily Planet • ART HUGHES, Board Member, Society of Professional Journalists Minnesota • MARTY OWINGS, TruthToTell Correspondent and Editor, (My)RadioFreeNation.com Can't get us on the radio? Stream TTT live from KFAI's Home Page

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