Newspapers Back Apple Bloggers

puke76 writes "Remember the bloggers being sued by Apple? Well now they've attracted the attention and support of some major newspapers. There's a story over at BBC. The newspapers are arguing that journalism sources should be protected. Can we blog without legal repercussions?" From the article: "Recent corporate scandals involving WorldCom, Enron and the tobacco industry all undoubtedly involved the reporting of information that the companies involved would have preferred to remain unknown to the public..."

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what is journalism?

[Virtual Karma]

what is journalism?

If I can bring news to the public I'm a journalist irrespective of the medium. You can judge me if I'm a good or bad journalist. Even if I'm bad, I'm still a bad JOURNALIST. And if I'm a journalist I should be protected by the same laws that protect the traditional journalists.

So my point is bloggers are journalists and we need not disclose our source of information according to the first ammendment

UNtraditional protection

[tOaOMiB]

From TFA: Sources who give journalists details of corruption or wrongdoing are traditionally protected by law, if the story is in the public's interest.

Well, that's all fine and good...but this wasn't about corruption or wrongdoing, while the quoted examples (Worldcom, Enron, tobacco industry) are. Why are the big boys stepping in on this unrelated issue?
Bah. Humbug.

Blogger's = Journalists.

[Masq666]

Well it's nice to that the blogger's are finaly getting some backing, bloggers should have some rights, they are journalists even though they are hobby journalists.