IRA STOLL ON the New York Times, reporters, and “information parasites.” “If the Times is going to call for a law regulating ‘the harvesting of what is called nonpublic information’ — also known as ‘reporting’ — it might want to consider the First Amendment, or explain why some reporting is parasitic and requires additional regulation, while other reporting deserves First Amendment protection and the self-congratulation normally on display at journalism awards ceremonies. Otherwise people might come to the conclusion that the Times just wants a government crackdown on its competitors in the information industry.”