Law Doesn't Protect Reporters
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I admire Deseret Morning News Editor Joe Cannon for his policy of protecting confidential sources, which when used appropriately can be an important journalistic tool. Cannon cited the First Amendment as the centerpiece of his argument against the subpoena of one reporter, Ben Winslow.
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With several reporters facing possible jail sentences and fines, there are signs mounting legal pressure on journalists to reveal confidential sources is having a chilling effect on newsgathering.
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The media has no absolute constitutional protection when reporting defamatory comments made by reputable public figures, even when describing the comments in a neutral way, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled.
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A media sting operation gone awry revives a debate on media regulation
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Many in the news media did not foresee that the investigation of the alleged illegal "outing" of a secret operative by unnamed Bush administration officials would end up targeting the press.
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A TV reporter was convicted of criminal contempt Thursday for refusing to say who leaked him an FBI videotape of a politician taking a bribe &#151; the latest in a string of cases in which journalists have been threatened with jail for protecting a source.
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Television networks are free to sprinkle their programs with shootings, slashings, torture and other gore because the government has no regulatory authority over violent programming. But a draft report being circulated at the Federal Communications Commission says Congress can change that, without violating the First Amendment.
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An alleged blackmail plot should be good box office. But complex laws prevent the media from revealing juicy details
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Media & professional: MPs have rejected calls for statutory regulation of the press following the News of the World phone tapping affair but have accused some editors of becoming "complacent" about the excesses of their staff.
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Doctors and lawyers who represent victims aren&#39;t going to declare peace just because voters put a few things in the state&#39;s constitution.
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Michael Mukasey, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, told senators Thursday he's resistant to passing a law shielding reporters from being forced to reveal their sources, saying it would be "much easier" to fix internal Justice Department practice if need be.
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A federal judge rejects a bid by Wired News and other media outlets to unseal whistle-blower papers in a lawsuit over surveillance of Americans. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The Bush administration has promoted its education law with a video that comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money.
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A TV reporter sentenced to six months of home confinement for refusing to say who leaked him an FBI surveillance video will not appeal his conviction, his station said Tuesday.
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A new law in France makes it a crime for anyone who is not a professional journalist to film real-world violence and distribute the images on the Internet.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 19, 2004  A judge&#39;s decision to punish five reporters for refusing to identify their sources for stories about nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee threatens to chill vital newsgathering at a time of increased government secrecy, advocates say.
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The Supreme Court refused today to stop a federal prosecutor from reviewing the telephone records of two reporters for The New York Times.