Newspapers Cut Wikileaks Out of Shield Law

An anonymous reader writes "The US press has been pushing for a (much needed) federal shield law, that would allow reporters to protect their sources. It's been something of a political struggle for a few years now, and things were getting close when Wikileaks suddenly got a bunch of attention for leaking all those Afghan war documents. Suddenly, the politicians involved started working on an amendment that would specifically carve out an exception for Wikileaks so that it would not be covered by such a shield law. And, now, The First Amendment Center is condemning the newspaper industry for throwing Wikileaks under the bus, as many in the industry are supporting this new amendment, and saying that Wikileaks doesn't deserve source protection because 'it's not journalism.'"

Comments

Re:LOLWUT?

[M. Kristopeit]

so it's "+5 insightful" to imply journalists are in control of the populace, but suggesting the populace is not under their control is "-1 Flamebait"...

pretty obvious who is in control of this website.

slashdot = stagnated.

Re:LOLWUT?

[Captain Splendid]

That's because yuo backed up your argument(!) by reaching for your gun. If you think that's going to be popular on a geek site like slashdot, you need your head examined...