Unclear on the concept

Over at Dakota Pundit there is an interesting exchange with a journalism student on the blogger/journalist question. (HT: Julie Neidlinger who also comments on her blog.)

One comment by the student stood out:

But my question is: who polices the bloggers?

Funny thing. Here i thought the whole point of the First Amendment was to keep the police far away from citizens who discuss the news and issues of the day. And last time i checked there is nothing that prevented CBS from fact-checking Power Line.