More Minds of Mush

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From

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/michigan_legislator_wants_to_l.html

A Michigan lawmaker wants to license reporters to ensure they're credible and vet them for "good moral character."


Senator Bruce Patterson is introducing legislation that will regulate reporters much like the state does with hairdressers, auto mechanics and plumbers. Patterson, who also practices constitutional law, says that the general public is being overwhelmed by an increasing number of media outlets--traditional, online and citizen generated--and an even greater amount misinformation.


"Legitimate media sources are critically important to our government," he said.


He told FoxNews.com that some reporters covering state politics don't know what they're talking about and they're working for publications he's never heard of, so he wants to install a process that'll help him and the general public figure out which reporters to trust.


"We have to be able to get good information," he said. "We have to be able to rely on the source and to understand the credentials of the source."

I've got a better idea. Maybe the story should instead run like this:

A Michigan lawmaker wants to license POLITICIANS to ensure they're credible and vet them for "good moral character."

Senator Bruce Patterson is introducing legislation that will regulate POLITICIANS much like the state does with hairdressers, auto mechanics and plumbers. Patterson, who also practices constitutional law, says that the general public is being overwhelmed by an increasing AMOUNT of POLITICAL CORRUPTION --traditional, online and COMMUNITY-ORGANIZATION generated--and an even greater amount of misinformation from those same sources.

"Legitimate POLITICIANS are critically important to our government," he said.

He told FoxNews.com that some POLITICIANS WRITING state LAWS don't know what they're talking about and they're TAKING MARCHING ORDERS FROM ORGANIZATIONS he's never heard of, so he wants to install a process that'll help him and the general public figure out which POLITICIANS to trust.

"We have to be able to get good POLICIES," he said. "We have to be able to rely on the LEGISLATOR and to understand the credentials of the LEGISLATOR."

Wow - Cato, you have outdone even yourself
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