Brodeur did not immediately return a request for comment.

It also requires that bloggers file monthly reports if a post is added to the blog.

It excludes the website of a newspaper or any similar publication.

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Registration would have to be made to the Department of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics.

Brodeur also has proposed legislation to make it easier for plaintiffs to sue fordefamation.

Under the bill, anonymous sourced material would largely be presumed to be false.

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The fallout would just as likely crush Foxs Tucker Carlson as it would the NYTs Paul Krugman.