Blog Control Act: Prime Sponsor Doesn't Read Blogs

Quote of the day: Senator Nancy Turbak Berry (D-5/Watertown), today on SDPB's Dakota Midday, describing the discussion generated by HB 1277 and HB 1278, the Blog Control Acts of which she is a prime sponsor:

I'm told there's a tremendous amount [of discussion] going on on the blogs and the Internet.

She apparently hasn't read this discussion herself. She hasn't taken the time to investigate the easily accessible information that her bills would impact. She isn't seeking out pros or cons from the people most immediately affected by and knowledgeable about her proposed legislation.

I wonder what other "hearsay" Senator Turbak Berry has based her blog legislation on.

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On the off-chance the good senator from Watertown does check out the Internet to see what all the discussion is really about, here's a brief list of posts on the topic thus far:

• Scott Hudson, "'Words Hurt' Legislation Hurts Everybody," Rant-a-Bit, 2010.02.09
• Ken Blanchard, "Anonymity, and Free Speech, and the American Tradition," South Dakota Politics, 2010.02.09 (more KB here)
  
• Pat Powers, "My note to the House State Affairs Committee on HB 1277 and HB 1278," Dakota War College, 2010.02.09 (more PP here and here)
• Doug Wiken, "FBI, Cops, and SD Legislature all want data fishing licenses, nets, and traps," Dakota Today, 2010.02.09
  
• Tim Gebhart, "The problem with the “blogger bills”," Progressive on the Prairie, 2010.02.08 (more TG here)
  
• David Newquist, "An identity crisis," Northern Valley Beacon, 2010.02.06 (more DN here)
• Todd Epp, "PP Asks, (E)PP Answers: HB 1277 And Anonymous Defamation Lawsuits," Middle Border Sun, 2010.02.08 (more TE here)
  
• April Schave, "I'm An American, I'm Free, I Can Do Whatever I Want. Right?," The Rooted Pasque, 2010.02.08
  
• Scott Ehrisman, "Interesting discussion about the SD Legislature’s proposed defamation laws," South Dacola, 2010.02.07
• Curtis Price, "Rep.Brian Gosch responds on HB 1277-1278," Robbinsdale Radical, 2010.02.07 (more CP here)
• Michael Woodring, "A Threat to Free Speech from the SD House," Constant Conservative, 2010.02.06 (more MW here)
• Travis Dahle, "Bloggers Unite! My thoughts on HB 1277 & 1278," Badlands Blue, 2010.02.05
• David Montgomery, "Online nymity," Behidn Gov't Lines, 2010.02.05
• Bob Mercer, "I don’t feel chilled at all. Or dead. (Yet.)," Pure Pierre Politics, 2010.02.05
• and of course, the Madville Times' ongoing coverage here, here, here, here, and here!