Los Angeles Times
"Unless we want to turn every American reporter into a covert agent of federal law enforcement and a professional witness for overzealous prosecutors, Congress needs to pass a federal shield law," writes
Tim Rutten. Yes, it would have been outrageous if the reporters in the Libby and BALCO cases had been able to hide behind a federal shield law, he says. "But over the past few years we've seen more instances of courageous public-interest journalism by reporters at this newspaper, the New York Times, Washington Post and others. ..It's worth giving a dozen Tim Russerts or Judy Millers a get-out-of-jail-free card to protect the ability of reporters like [
Dana Priest and [
Anne Hull] to do their job."
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News media set new record for crying wolf during Libby saga (ChiTrib)
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BALCO reporters find themselves under attack again -- from journos (SB)
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McEnroe: Why you no longer have to watch "Meet the Press" (Courant)
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Libby trial juror Collins wasn't prepared for the media attention (WP)
