Editorial
WPTZ-TV (Burlington, Vt./Plattsburgh, N.Y.)
Sept. 23, 2005
Excerpt:
Late last month Vermont’s Supreme Court said WCAX-TV had to turn over unaired videotape from last year’s riot on the UVM campus.
The goal: to catch as many of the rioters as possible.
Under current Vermont state law, it’s hard to fault that ruling. That’s the problem.
We agree that rioters deserve to be brought to justice. But police need to exhaust all other options before…..in effect…..making journalists an arm of law enforcement. They’re not.
Most states recognize that. Vermont still doesn’t.
