{"id":10241,"date":"2011-12-08T19:20:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T00:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=10241"},"modified":"2011-12-08T19:24:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T00:24:01","slug":"federal-judge-montana-blogger-is-not-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/12\/federal-judge-montana-blogger-is-not-journalist.html","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge: Montana blogger is not journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/thumb10.shutterstock.com\/thumb_small\/535639\/535639,1281919708,8\/stock-photo-blog-icon-59097760.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"100\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.fotosearch.com\/bthumb\/CSP\/CSP145\/k1452830.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"170\" \/>Watchwoman<\/strong>: \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Attn: Bloggers &#8211;<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0We better start thinking about lobbying Congressmen and our State Legislators to design and pass legislation to protect bloggers with the same status as journalists! Read the following chilling decision made by a Montana judge. \u00a0Think this is just another avenue to shut down the alternative UNCONTROLLED media &#8212; bloggers? \u00a0I do! \u00a0If you don&#8217;t, it&#8217;s likely because you\u00a0idolize\u00a0Brian Williams and those commie-controlled media hacks who get paid big buck$ to follow the party line of the DC Oligarchy. \u00a0<strong>\u25ac \u00a0Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>::~:~::<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By JEFF BARNARD<br \/>\nAssociated Press<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.fotosearch.com\/bthumb\/CSP\/CSP621\/k6213721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"170\" \/>A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that a Montana woman sued for defamation was not a journalist when she posted online that an Oregon lawyer acted criminally during a bankruptcy case, a decision with implications for bloggers around the country. \u00a0Crystal L. Cox, a blogger from Eureka, Mont., was sued for defamation by attorney Kevin Padrick when she posted online that he was a thug and a thief during the handling of bankruptcy proceedings by him and Obsidian Finance Group LLC. \u00a0U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez found last week that as a blogger, Cox was not a journalist and cannot claim the protections afforded to mainstream reporters and news outlets. \u00a0Although media experts said Wednesday that the ruling would have little effect on the definition of journalism, it casts a shadow on those who work in nontraditional media since it highlights the lack of case law that could protect them and the fact that current state shield laws for journalists are not covering recent developments in online media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_BLOGGER_DEFAMATION_SUIT?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2011-12-07-20-39-18<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watchwoman: \u00a0Attn: Bloggers &#8211;\u00a0We better start thinking about lobbying Congressmen and our State Legislators to design and pass legislation to protect bloggers with the same status as journalists! 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