CJR: ‘Ethics’ bill leaves Georgia journalists on edge
In the waning hours of Georgia’s legislative session, between votes on sex trafficking and organ procurement, Republican House Representative and lawyer Andy Welch introduced the Ethics in Journalism Act. Co-sponsored by five other Republican lawmakers, the bill would authorize a board to create new ethical standards that govern journalists’ work, and to sanction journalists.
This “ethics” bill is actually intended to censor journalists. Perhaps they’ve lost their copy of the First Amendment in the Georgia legislature.
