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FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2006
By David Postman
The Seattle Times
March 03, 2006
Excerpt:
Legislation to protect journalists from having to disclose
confidential sources likely won't get a vote in the state Senate this
year, in part because of what lawmakers called heavy-handed tactics by
the newspaper industry's lobbyist and sharply critical editorials.
"They beat the hell out of us in editorial pages across the state,"
Sen. Erik Poulsen, D-Seattle, said Thursday evening. "Before we had a
chance to look at the substance of the bill, they were declaring us
obstructionists."
There are other reasons, too, that the so-called reporter's shield law
appeared dead Thursday, a week before the legislative session is set to
end. Corporate interests, primarily an insurance company, oppose the
bill, as well as defense attorneys and some prosecutors. [...]
House Bill 2452 would allow reporters to protect the name of a
confidential source in court, using the same sort of absolute privilege
from testimony given to spouses, attorneys and clergy.
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