IS THE FOURTH ESTATE THAT GENERIC?

State of New Hampshire stops issuing ID cards to journalists

The Associated Press is reporting that the state employee who handled that chore says just about anyone can call himself a journalist these days, and he doesn't want to be put in the position of having to decide who's a legitimate member of the news media.

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On a similar note ... "In my day, as a newspaper man, radio man and television man, I had the feeling I was telling people something they wouldn't otherwise know," says 91-year-old Daniel Schorr to the Sacramento Bee. "That's no longer true. I'm glad I'm not 20 years younger, because I'd be very discouraged. ...At my age, I look at [the media landscape] and say, 'Boy, I'm glad that's for other people.' I couldn't stand what's going on today."