Posted by
The New THOMA$ REPORT on Saturday, February 23, 2008 4:46:42 PM
If you have the
power to say yes, you also have the power to say no. In New York City, a
blogger who used to enjoy the protection of the liberal Newsday newspaper while
he criticized the New York Police Dept. quit that job in 2005, and the police,
who get to issue all press passes, no matter what you're writing about,
refused to renew the pass and wouldn't give him a copy of their
"rules" under which such passes were issued. This sounds a lot like
retaliation for his criticism of the police department over the years. They
want to put him out of business. And without a press pass (which they control),
he can't do his job, which it is obvious the cops want, and, since they get to
issue press passes, they have the power to make that happen. (The New York Sun)