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> Journalists don't have any special statutory privileges. I’d say a special mention in the first amendment is notable.
by macintux 5y ago
> Journalists don't have any special statutory privileges.
I’d say a special mention in the first amendment is notable.
- nradov 5y agoNope. US courts have consistently held that the first amendment applies equally to everyone regardless of occupation. There is no special legal test to determine if someone is a member of the press. There are centuries of case law on this issue.
- macintux 5y agoJournalists have (some) protection against being forced to testify about sources. I guess it becomes a philosophical question at that point whether being a journalist is an occupation or an action.
- nradov 5y agoWrong again. At the federal level, journalists have no such protection. https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/journalists_privilege_shield_law_primer.php https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/journalists_privil...
- macintux 5y agoThat article says 30 states have such laws, however, and another source indicated 49 states (plus DC).