Maryland Gov.(R) Takes Issue With Reporters (Places Ban On 2 Reporters)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland's governor says his order that state officials stop speaking with two reporters for The (Baltimore) Sun was "meant to have a chilling effect" on two writers he believes "have no credibility."

The ban was intended to set a benchmark for the minimum level of accuracy expected of newspaper coverage of his administration, Gov. Robert Ehrlich said in an interview on WBAL radio.

"At what point does a monopoly newspaper abuse its privilege, its First Amendment privilege, in making things up, making quotes up, making context up?" the first-term Republican governor said Friday. "I just said this is our minimum benchmark."

Rob Douglas, a WBAL radio host, questioned whether Ehrlich should direct all state government officials not to speak to reporters.

Ehrlich responded, "That's my government. That's my government. I'm the chief executive."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-ehrlich-sun,0,2058568.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

Your # is at hand,

I thought it was the people's government. So I guess the Maryland executive is now in charge of journalism standards. Guess it's easier than making sure their children can read and write.

Isn't that supposed to be a RIGHT?

"That's my government" ... ?

Isn't that supposed to be OUR government? (At least, the government of Marylanders).

Did this guy even bother to read the Constitution?

--p!

'Cause that's what these people think of themselves as.

Yeah, right

BH