re: #189 piratedan

I am not saying that people should be jailed on writing about HRC and her e-mail issue, I think I’ve stated that multiple times…

I’m saying if people were in the paid employ of a foreign government and influencing our media, say in an equivalency to the payola scandal of the 1950s, then that should be exposed. If any penalties apply, enforce them, if laws were violated, prosecute them

I am not a lawyer, but I can’t think of any law that prohibits foreigners or foreign powers from trying to influence the media in the country.

When the Venezuelan Embassy, for example, creates a press release to assert or clarify its position on a subject, it is trying to influence people in this country. If a news outlet runs that press release, does that make the news outlet complicit in Venezuelan government policy?

I’m unclear on what payola scandal to which you refer.

Back to my previous argument: High Times promotes criminal activity. Should we arrest their writers and publisher?