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Judge orders Glenn Beck to reveal sources for story linking innocent man to Boston Marathon bombing -- (link)
Posted by
Strongbad (aka Rambler14)
Aug 12 '16, 09:50
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In several radio broadcasts and posts on his website TheBlaze, Beck claimed that Alharbi recruited the two brothers who carried out the attack, and ultimately gave them the “go order” for the bombing.
(www.msn.com)
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It's so fitting that his producers are named Weasel and Cheatwood. -- nm*
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pmb
Aug 12, 09:56
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Right on. -- nm
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Dewey, Cheatum and Howe
Aug 12, 10:19
For a second I thought it was a Simpsons episode. -- nm
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Diewa
Aug 12, 10:09
Beck should honorably go to jail to protect his sources. Because the judge won't believe "out of my ass" as a source anyways. -- nm
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crash davis
Aug 12, 09:54
ST, be a constitutional scholar: At first blush, I am bothered by this.
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ty97
Aug 12, 09:53
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It's not the same thing. *SOURCES* should be protected.
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David
Aug 12, 09:59
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But that's exactly my point
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ty97
Aug 12, 10:03
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I think if the information supplied by the source turns out to be false, we have to weigh the journalist's interest in protecting confidentiality with
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mara
Aug 12, 10:18
The problem is that you can then make phantom claims whenever you want and if you called on the carpet, you simply claim sources to get out of it.
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David
Aug 12, 10:10
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Yep. This. The First Amendment is a protection against government suppression. This is a civil case.
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ReluctantCynic
Aug 12, 10:17
Where I am struggling (and this is a difficult line to draw) is how you define who is a journalist that gets to claim source confidentiality. -- nm
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ty97
Aug 12, 10:17
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your face is a journalist. -- nm
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Diewa
Aug 12, 10:20
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Legally, it doesn't matter. Massachusetts does not have a shield law protecting journalists in civil cases. But to answer your question ...
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ReluctantCynic
Aug 12, 10:19
Then anyone could defame anybody through someone else and get away with it -- nm
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Guigue
Aug 12, 10:07
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