A SAN JOSE judge, who issued a sweeping gag order in a high-profile kidnap-murder case, has ordered a television news director and his reporter jailed for refusing to name their source for a tip that a videotaped confession would be allowed in the trial.The news head Terry McElhatton and reporter Beth Willon of KNTV San Jose remained free pending an emergency appeal filed by the station's attorney, Edward P. Davis, who is challenging Superior Court Judge Thomas Hasting's contempt citation on the ...
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