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In response to "Judge orders Glenn Beck to reveal sources for story linking innocent man to Boston Marathon bombing -- (link)" by Strongbad

ST, be a constitutional scholar: At first blush, I am bothered by this.

Posted by ty97 Aug 12 '16, 09:53

I have no love for Glenn Beck
That story was shit and hurt people.

But..........

Glenn Beck is (this hurts me to say....technically he is *vomit*) a journalist. Sources should protected, right?

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It's not the same thing. *SOURCES* should be protected. - David Aug 12, 09:59 11
- But that's exactly my point - ty97 Aug 12, 10:03 10
  - 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 - 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. - 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. - 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 - ty97 Aug 12, 10:17 3
      - your face is a journalist. -- nm - 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 ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 12, 10:19
  - Then anyone could defame anybody through someone else and get away with it -- nm - Guigue Aug 12, 10:07 1
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