A reader offers a helpful reminder:

How long will it take for like-minded authoritarians to argue that the First Amendment’s free-press guarantees only apply to government-recognized journalists?
McCain-Feingold. What do you mean, “how long until?”

He’s absolutely right, of course. Journalists can do whatever they like to influence an election, but if one of the little people tries to do so, he has to answer to McCain-Feingold.