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My quickie read this morning is that journalists cannot offer blanket protection, but that there will still be many many instances where it will......

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) May 7 '10, 10:37

....Continue to apply.

The idea being that a "just because you say he/she should be protected, doesn't make it a fact". I imagine that it would now go in front of a judge to make the decision.

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- yes - it's pretty much the definition of a chilling effect. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 10:45 6
  - I don't have a tremendous problem with that on the surface. Especially in political reporting, the use of unnamed sources has been abused to no end. - Name Withheld By Request May 7, 10:48 4
    - I wonder if Adscam or Shawinigate would have been as big without unnamed sources. :) -- nm - Reagen May 7, 10:51 3
      - Well, the latter is what prompted this particular case. An unnamed source turned over a letter tying in Chretien and RCMP determined it was a forgery - Name Withheld By Request May 7, 10:54 2
        
        Don't we have some sort of whistleblower legislation in Canada? -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 10:55 1
        
        Lots. There's federal law and almost all provinces have something as well. - Name Withheld By Request May 7, 10:58
  - word. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 10:45
Sounds like they are applying the same standard as lawyer-client confidentiality, yes? -- nm - Fuzzy (195.5 lbs, up 0.5 lb) May 7, 10:40 3
- Didn't read the statement myself, but a few stories said in the age of blogs and Twitter, it's even tough to say who's a journo or not. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 7, 10:42 1
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