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You guys are confusing federal and state laws. Many states have shield laws protecting journalists from being held in contempt (there are cases where this is v
by jasonlotito 13y ago
You guys are confusing federal and state laws. Many states have shield laws protecting journalists from being held in contempt (there are cases where this is voided, but that's not important). Anyways, while states might have this, this doesn't apply in federal court, as there is no federal law.
And journalists know this.
- tptacek 13y agoThose laws are also often qualified, so that the state can't use journalist sources as a first resort, but can fall back on them if other avenues of investigation are exhausted.
- jasonlotito 13y agoYes, I did mention that. =)