Kentucky Lawmaker Seeks By Law To Label Editorial Cartoonists as Lobbyists

Kentucky State Representative Jim Gooch is apparently pushing legislation that would re-classify journalists and editorial cartoonists as lobbyists, thus banning them from the statehouse floor. The article at E&P notes one of Gooch's unflattering portrayals in editorial cartoon in recent months. It's only a brief article, but the move by the Representative to drive the press from the floor of the government seems pretty clearly idiotic from the first word, and loaded with all sort of unfortunate potential outcomes, so it still does the job. Also, I had no idea there were editorial cartoonists roaming the floor of the Kentucky statehouse.
 
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