What is "The Press"?



I exchanged a few ideas on this topic yesterday on Facebook. Here are my thoughts:
Defining a "legitimate" press organization these days is pretty much a matter of opinion. Does one really think that organizations that are more pundit than press are legit? For example, I love your blog but would not consider it an outlet of the press.
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Guess I associate "the press" with journalism and journalists and not pundits.

Not saying that blogs and FB are not good sources of opinion but, I may be wrong, I don't see them as "the press". Yet I think that it is all covered under free speech.
So how would you answer the question? What do you think of as "The Press"?


1 comment:

  1. Your question begs the question, "Is there really a press anymore?" Everyone has an opinion, though. I despair of sorting the wheat from the chaff, the truth from the "alt truth."

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