Privileging the Press : Confidential Sources, Journalism Ethics, and the First Amendment.

By:

Shepard, Jason M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Recht und GesellschaftPublication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (334 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781593326883
1593326882

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Privileging the Press : Confidential Sources, Journalism Ethics, and the First Amendment.DDC classification:

342.7308/53 342.730853

LOC classification:

KF8959.P7 S52 2011

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 The Journalist-Subpoena Problem; 2 Modern Legal and Ethical Case Studies; 3 National Security Leaks and the Valerie Plame Case; 4 Early Development of Professional Duty to Protect Sources,1721-1958; 5 The First Amendment and Newsgathering Rights in the Branzburg Era; 6 After the First Amendment Fails: The Journalist's Privilegeas Legislative Public Policy, 1972-1975; 7 The Rise and Fall of Federal Judicial Protections, 1972-2003; 8 The Future of Journalism Ethics in Journalist's Privilege Law; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Shepard examines how subpoenas for newsgathering information have raised both old and new legal and ethical problems for journalists seeking to protect confidential sources. He explores the ethical and legal evolution of journalistic privilege drawing on cases from the 19th century, the First Amendment principle that emerged in the middle of the 20th century, the public policy implications debated in congressional hearings in the 1970s, and the rise and fall of common law protections in the federal courts between 1972 and 2003. He also interviews key journalists and media lawyers in recent pri.

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Shepard examines how subpoenas for newsgathering information have raised both old and new legal and ethical problems for journalists seeking to protect confidential sources. He explores the ethical and legal evolution of journalistic privilege drawing on cases from the 19th century, the First Amendment principle that emerged in the middle of the 20th century, the public policy implications debated in congressional hearings in the 1970s, and the rise and fall of common law protections in the federal courts between 1972 and 2003. He also interviews key journalists and media lawyers in recent pri.