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RCFP: They Call Themselves Reporters?

Submitted June 12, 2005 - 4:47 pm by Al Giordano
I got a chuckle reading this line from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press statement:

"journalist Bill Conroy, who writes for The Narcosphere web site..."

Memo to the RCFP dilettantes: The newspaper is named "Narco News." And it is a "n-e-w-s-p-a-p-e-r" that publishes online.

RCFP: Your group is an organization. Organizations have "websites."

We are journalists who publish hard news stories and commentaries. Journalists have "newspapers."

After reading that tepid, on-bended-knee, communique to the Bush Administration by RCFP, begging for what are essential and constitutionally-protected rights that are already established, it's clear once again: We're the authentic reporters here. Yes, colleagues at RCFP: the truth often hurts. No wonder you choke on using the accurate words, or reporting accurately the name of the publication. Keep choking, kids. More to come! Narco News - after five years - is obviously here to stay.

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