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Monday, August 18, 2008 - Posts

North Carolina Sheriff's Deputy impersonates journalist, short-circuits shield law

This is probably not as low as a government official can go in making a mock of the First Amendment, but it's pretty close.As reported by the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, an Onslow County Sheriff's Deputy impersonated a journalist in
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Jack Landau, first leader of RCFP, dies

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press' first director, Jack Landau, died Aug. 9 at the age of 74. Landau started a reporters hotline, a press censorship newsletter, and created a legal defense and advocacy organization that fights for journalists