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Reporters' shield of dreams: federal law would keep journalists out of jail.

Publication: Broadcasting & Cable
Publication Date: 18-JUL-05
Format: Online - approximately 581 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Journalists and Capitol Hill allies fighting to enact a federal shield law protecting reporters' confidential sources say there is a fighting chance to enact legislation this year. Aiding their cause is the uproar over the imprisonment of New York Times reporter Judith Miller and the recent of...

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...unmasking Watergate source Mark Felt.

"Lawmakers are starting to realize more that keeping a source confidential is crucial to getting information to the public," says John Sturm, president of the Newspaper Association of America, which is leading the media's...

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