by Jesica Medellin
The Signpost (Weber State University, Ogden, Utah)
Oct. 19, 2005
Excerpt:
The right for journalists to protect their sources isn’t a
privilege, Miller said, but a right for people to know what is going on
in government and elsewhere. Although sources aren’t always correct and
can give wrong information, journalists often rely on these sources to
get news government officials won’t release.Miller said her jail time was not a move to become a martyr or sign a
book deal, but to protect the constitutional right of freedom of the
press. She also said it is vital that people be able to talk to the
press without fear of getting in trouble.“I chose jail because none of the best stories I have written in my 30-year career at The New York Times could have been done without confidential sources,” Miller said.
