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States say journalists deserve protection

SPJ is behind the two San Francisco Chronicle reporters  http://www.spj.org/ldf-a.aspwho are facing government pressure to reveal their soruces in the Barry Bonds steroids case. Now a bunch of states are backing them up too, saying that it serves the public interest to shield reporter's sources. The AP has the story in the Boston Herald:

http://redsox.bostonherald.com/otherMLB/view.bg?articleid=171636

Josh Wolf is already in prison protecting the principle.

 

Published Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:45 PM by DaveAeikens

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