Wen Ho Lee Reporters Held in Contempt
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A federal judge held reporters from four major news organizations in contempt for refusing to name confidential sources in their reports on a nuclear scientist once accused of being a spy.
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Mike Nifong, the disgraced former Durham County district attorney, was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players.
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Chinese police have arrested a journalist accused of faking an investigative report on buns stuffed with shredded cardboard that made headlines around the world, and Beijing Television apologized for airing the footage.
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WASHINGTON -- An Associated Press reporter and four other journalists shouldn&#39;t be punished for keeping secret the names of sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying, their lawyers told a ...
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BEIJING, Sept. 13 -- A new effort to punish anyone who leaks information from China's courts is part of a clampdown on the news media ahead of a leadership conference next year, experts said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - A federal judge held five reporters in contempt Wednesday for refusing to identify their sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying.    U.S...
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WASHINGTON -- Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper on Wednesday was again held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal confidential information for a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA employee&#39;s identity.
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WASHINGTON - A judge'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.    U.S...
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A reporter for The New York Times was held in contempt yesterday by a federal judge and faces possible jail time for refusing to divulge confidential
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The reporter was convicted of criminal contempt for refusing to disclose who leaked him an F.B.I. videotape on an investigation of government corruption in Providence.
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An Associated Press reporter and four other journalists shouldn't be punished for keeping secret the names of sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying, their lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.
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The House voted Thursday to hold two of President Bush's confidants in contempt for failing to cooperate with an inquiry into whether a purge of federal prosecutors was politically motivated.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency's No. 2 official apologized yesterday for leading a staged news conference Tuesday in which FEMA employees posed as reporters while real reporters listened on a telephone conference line and were barred from asking questions.
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Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters were ordered jailed Thursday for a maximum 18 months, pending an appeal, for refusing to testify about who leaked them secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds and other elite athletes.
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Handing down a jail sentence for a libel case has serious implications for press freedom in Indonesia, said Natalie Hill, deputy Asia director at Amnesty International, commenting on the jail sentence imposed on the chief editor of leading news magazine
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A male lawyer who appeared in court dressed in women's clothes as a protest against what he said was New Zealand's overly-masculine judiciary was suspended Wednesday after being found to be in contempt of court.
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The editor of leading Indonesian magazine Tempo was sentenced to a year&#39;s jail yesterday in a high-profile libel case that rights groups say represents a setback for press freedom and the country&#39;s emerging democracy.