“A Desperate Need for More Protections”
By LASIS Staff
We recently wrote about the plight of a Fox News reporter who is being threatened with jail time for not revealing her sources. We took the opportunity to lament the absence of a federal shield law for reporters.
Though it’s a shame it took the A.P. scandal to remind our lawmakers about the importance and desirability of such a law, we’re glad a federal bill protecting reporters is being reintroduced by Senator Schumer.
An editorial in today’s New York Times says that it’s unclear at this time whether or not a federal shield law could have protected the A.P. from the administration’s intrusion.
Still, as the editorial points out: “This scandal shows that there is a desperate need for more protections of press freedoms.”
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Tags AP, journalism, protection of press freedom, revealing sources, Scandal |
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Date 05/16/2013 |
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