Congress and the newspaper industry are crafting language for a federal shield law that will explicitly exclude organizations like WikiLeaks. And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has proposed cutting all state funding to a public broadcaster who has focused on the New Jersey market since 1968.
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Congress and the newspaper industry are crafting language for a federal shield law that will explicitly exclude organizations like WikiLeaks. And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has proposed cutting all state funding to a public broadcaster who has focused on the New Jersey market since 1968.
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Media Minutes
Show Date: 9-10-10
Producers: Stevie Converse & Candace Clement
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Excluding WikiLeaks from Shield Law Stinks
Legislation for a federal shield law, which would protect reporters and their sources against being forced to disclose confidential information, has picked up steam recently – but with a twist. Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California are working with representatives of the newspaper industry to craft new language for an amendment to the bill that will explicitly exclude organizations like WikiLeaks. This new push comes on the heels of WikiLeaks’ decision to post nearly 77,000 classified Afghanistan war records obtained through anonymous sources.
Douglas Lee, an Illinois attorney and a legal correspondent for the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, says that in joining forces with legislators to exclude WikiLeaks from...
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