Ruling to Make Reporters Act Like Drug Dealers?

netbuzz writes "A 2-1 New York appeals court ruling yesterday will require two reporters to cough up their telephone records over a property-seizure case unless it gets reversed on appeal. As the dissenting judge noted, this kind of erosion of press protections will have reporters 'contacting sources the way I understand drug dealers do to reach theirs -- by use of clandestine cell phones and meeting in darkened doorways.' It's long past time for a federal shield law."

Comments

inability to classify=disarmament in war on terror

[Anonymous Coward]

Reporter "shield" law will make classified information fair game for political war. In fact, that's the game the Democrats have played against Bush since 9/11, increasingly no-holds barred. It's arrogance to think that by reclaiming "power" they'll do so much better that f*cking the country is an acceptable cost in the short-term.