US Judge rules on Difference Between Blogger and Journalist

A ruling by a federal judge in Oregon could shape future definitions of those considered journalists and those who aren't in the United States. 

The US district judge found a Montana blogger was not protected by shield laws for journalists, because she was not employed by a mainstream publication, nor did she make an effort to be unbiased or have any credentials.

She was ordered to pay $2.5 million in damages to a lawyer for calling him a thief and a thug.

Makes $30,000 for some journalism school bona fides look better.

Read the AP's full story.

Wikileaks and the Spy Files

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange prepares to present Spy Files, an examination of the global surveillance industry

Wikileaks says Big Brother is watching and has been for quite some time. Today Julian Assange announced the organization's release of more than 280 files detailing the activities of an international surveillance industry.

"Who here has an iphone? Who here has a Blackberry? Who here uses Gmail? Well you're all screwed," he told journalists and students at a press conference. "The reality is intelligence contractors are selling, right now, mass surveillance systems for all those products."