Why a Media Shield Law Isn't Enough to Save Journalists

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By: Matthew Cooper | The Atlantic

I'm all for a shield law to protect journalists and their sources from government prosecutors. I hope Congress passes one. But I don't have lots of faith that the ideas under consideration in Congress or any law can protect journalists adequately.

This is one of those areas where custom carries more weight than statute, the custom being the general good sense of prosecutors not to go after reporters for their information.































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