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.'"

LOL

[mcgrew]

Wouldn't it be nice if we had politicians who did what's right for once, rather than what's politically expedient?

Yeah, and I want a pet unicorn, too.

Teach the Newspapers a Lesson!

[Ossifer]

Cancel your subscription, or stop buying the paper.... All seven of you...

Re:LOLWUT?

[schwnj]

"We must never forget that the real news is delivered on TV, by real, officially-licensed newsmen. Coming up: How do they get those dogs to talk in the beer commercials? Cowboy Steve will tell you!" - Kent Brockman

Re:"Journalism" today

[mwvdlee]

I though the entire Fox News channel was comedy too?

Re:LOLWUT?

[machine321]

(this week or last week, i'm getting this second hand)

To demonstrate how many news outlets do zero confirmatory investigation

I see what you did there.

Re:LOLWUT?

[men0s]

I find it amusing that this comment would get modded up without any sources or links being cited. Meaning, mods have done zero confirmatory investigation before "doing their job."

Not to say it didn't actually happen, just sayin'...

Re:LOLWUT?

[cekander]

*jesus* So now you're defending the Khmer Rouge. You liberals are all the same and can go to hell.

Re:It's one of many continual laments

[donaggie03]

Except the part about the music is true . .