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| Judith Miller Discovers Blogging |
| 2005-11-11 |
| Via FARK Judith Miller's Farewell To the Editor: On July 6 I chose to go to jail to defend my right as a journalist to protect a confidential source, the same right that enables lawyers to grant confidentiality to their clients, clergy to their parishioners, and physicians and psychotherapists to their patients. Though 49 states have extended this privilege to journalists as well, for without such protection a free press cannot exist, there is no comparable federal law. I chose to go to jail not only to honor my pledge of confidentiality, but also to dramatize the need for such a federal law. I'll save you from having to read the rest of it - "I'm a First Amendment martyr; we need a law to protect us noble, virtuous truth-telling journalists, yadda yadda yadda..." She's also published four e-mails between herself and the NYT editors and MoDo. |
| Posted by:Osama bin Laden |