Popular Government, Vol. 44

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Excerpt from Popular Government, Vol. 44: Fall 1978Proponents for confidential source protection are concerned about the te porter's effectiveness, not just the avail ability of sources. Because most news men are committed personally to pro teeting the promise of confidentiality, they are regularly risking a possible contempt citation. Some, like William Farr in California, and M. A. Farber and Peter Bridge in New Jersey, have been jailed.7 It would not be surprising if more than one newsman has backed off of a controversial story for his per sonal well-being.Aside from the threat of jail is the problem of the incapacitating worry and hassle - the concern for ethical standards, personal safety, and the loss of time spent with attorneys.8 Support ers of legal protection for newsmen claim that reporters should not have to endure these hardships as a result of providing information to the public.The threat of a subpoena presents other serious implications for the news process: A newspaper or broadcast sta tion may have to spend a considerable amount of time and money responding to charges by someone who has been legitimately stung. The victim may sue for libel, perhaps to intimidate the media or to determine the confidential source. Also, government officials in particular have been accused of trying to use the threat to drive a wedge be tween a reporter and his source and to compel reporters, in effect, to be an investigative arm of government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.