So I've been reading this Sean Penn and El Chapa and I just can't help but wonder why he's not behind bars at this point for aiding and abetting. If my spouse committed a crime and I met with them for any reason, I'd be held criminally responsible. How is Sean Penn any more special? It isn't like he's a member of the press.

Unless we find out he was somehow part of an undercover effort to bring El Chapo in, I say put Penn's tail behind bars.

1/11/2016 10:41:28 AM

why are you saying that Penn is not part of the press, the interviews were for a feature he published in rolling stones so he was acting as a journalist

if this is a crime, shouldn't it be a crime for any journalist to meet with any criminal? and can't you see the obvious problems with that?

1/11/2016 10:54:51 AM

it's the nuTrump wave of thinking. the 1st amendment doesn't actually apply to the press except when they say so. it's how a newspaper can get kicked out of a debate

imagine the uproar if Obama took the same tack was Fox News was telling bald face lies about him over the last 7 years

1/12/2016 1:19:07 PM

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"It isn't like he's a member of the press."

"The Press" isn't come club where they give out badges or licenses. "The Press" is basically any person performing a journalistic activity. Courts have ruled that basically anyone can act as "The Press". I find it helpful to just think of it as a subclass of speech.

1/12/2016 5:23:39 PM

he wasn't wearing his members only jacket though so it didn't count

1/12/2016 8:36:26 PM

file this under the "things the OP didn't give too much of a thought about before posting" file

taking a breath before posting/creating a topic isn't a bad thing

1/12/2016 11:12:41 PM

Who says Sean Penn isn’t a real journalist?
http://www.cjr.org/first_person/sean_penn_el_chapo_rolling_stone.php

this is the correct way to criticize the story

1/13/2016 11:50:40 AM

I have to admit, I chuckled at this:

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" Penn did not show up at the interview with Guzmán prepared to ask the tough questions. He didn’t even have a pen. "

1/13/2016 11:54:40 AM

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"If my spouse committed a crime and I met with them for any reason, I'd be held criminally responsible"

Huh?

1/13/2016 2:17:59 PM