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journalist's privilege
(redirected from Reporters' Privilege)

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Noun1.journalist's privilege - the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
privilege - (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
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The Miller case is also revealing in that the judges are unnervingly cavalier and dismissive in rejecting the reporters' privilege as a matter of policy or principle.
Press isn't only loser in Miller ruling by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
The Branzburg opinion's holding that there is no First Amendment or common law reporters' privilege in the grand jury context plainly encompasses journalists asked to reveal confidential sources and information.
Ted Olson Joins Floyd Abrams In Time-Times Case by Anna Schneider-Mayerson / The New York Observer
 
 
 
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