re: Spurrier is way out of line here and needs to back off

The owner(s) of a media outlet decide what is news. If I owned a network, say like Ted Turner did, my views would be communicated. As with major media, a smaller outlet owner decides what he wants written/said.

If you want to influencde news, just buy you a television network. Simple as that.

So the press isn't free, it comes at the price of whatever a network like CNN costs.