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ban journalists from writing stories about petitions created here that anyone can create.

Created by J.P. on July 02, 2014

Too many journalists think they are being cute by writing stories based upon the petitions created on WhiteHouse.gov -- which literally anyone can create for any purpose.

These petitions usually only have a couple hundred signatures which is hardly a sign of a real movement of people.

For all we know, the journalist created the petition, got some buddies to sign it, and used it as an excuse to write a story promoting his or her agenda.

This must end.

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