Telegraph.co.uk: Why is the right to refuse to disclose information the preserve of journalists?
July 23rd, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Legal
The Telegraph’s Kate Day looks at a case in California: a student journalist in was granted the legal protection given to professional journalists when a judge overturned a police search warrant.
That prompts Day to ask: “When it comes to the right to refuse to disclose information, why is that the preserve of journalists? Surely in a free society we all have the right to remain silent?”
Tags: California, journalist, judge, kate day, media law, police search warrant, Telegraph.co.uk, the Telegraph
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