INTRODUCTION
Many may argue, that reporter’s privilege is a cop out that reporters utilize in order to be held to a higher standard when it comes to sharing valuable and confidential information. Reporter’s privilege is like a safety law. It ensures that classified information as well as confidential identities will be kept anonymous.
It instills confidence and reassurance in the minds of people who are willing to risk their lives in order to speak their truth. Without this law, people would feel less inclined and terrified to speak up. In this instance, it could eventually lead to a shortage of information reaching the media. Reporters strongly believe that they should be able to protect the people who trusted them with information that could put them in
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A claim established in the twentieth century, this law has led to many disputes. Reporters will fearlessly and boldly go to great lengths to illustrate how much they stand by this privilege. Significant cases that executed this law will be inspected. The discovery upon who and what is protected will be discussed. The process of how this law came into fruition will also be delved into. The analyzation of how reporter’s privilege is utilized through the first-amendment will also be discussed. Also, the method in which the federal government concurs with this statute. Reporter’s privilege is an extensive and vastly important law that was created for the protection and confidentiality of reporters and informants.
There is so much that goes into this law and so much surrounding it. The law of reporter’s privilege is deeper than one can imagine. People fight hard to protect this restricted information and people fight hard to eliminate this law completely. Uncovering the ultimate reason this law was created and the impact and relevance it still has today will be the main objective.
BACKGROUND OF THE REPORTER’S
Procunier case is whether the California Department of Corrections’ restriction on media-inmate interviews is constitutional or unconstitutional. The Supreme Court held that the California Department of Corrections ban was constitutional and did not violate the inmates’ rights of free speech. Furthermore, the regulation did not violate the media’s right to access information within a correctional
“The Reporter’s Privilege Compendium: An Introduction.” Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, n.d. Web. 15 November 2013.
3. The court stated: "We conclude that when the ground for asserting privilege as to subpoenaed materials sought for use in criminal trial is based only on the generalized interest in confidentiality, it cannot prevail over the fundamental demands of due process of law in the fair administration of justice. The generalized assertion of privilege must yield to the demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pending criminal trial.
In conclusion, black reporters’ role in journalism and the way they were treated by whites changed as they helped the Civil Rights Movement progress. The dearth of African Americans in reporting reminds us of job inequalities today in other workplaces, and of injustice toward women seeking employment and equal pay. The issue of equal rights in journalism also raises the question: Why does our society still have a lower percentage of black people in journalism compared to the whole population? Ultimately, we must agree that people should not be judged by their racial background and that the inequalities of racism can cause differing perspectives to be lost. The evidence strongly suggests that black journalists advanced the Civil Rights Movement through their news reporting and magnanimous determination to overcome discrimination.
Holloway, Carson. "Profiling and the Constitution." Public Discourse. N.p., n. d. Web. 4 Mar. 2014. .
Rehnquist, William H., Brennan, William J. "A Casebook on the Law and Society: What Rights
The right to gather news from a source is not limited to news media personnel. The
The purpose of The Bill of Rights is to protect U.S. citizens from abuse of power that may be committed by the different areas of their government. It does this by expressing clear restrictions on the three braches of government laid out previously in the Constitution. As stated by Hugo Black, Associate Justice to the Supreme Court: “The bill of rights protects people by clearly stating what government can’t do by describing ‘the procedures that governmen...
The power of executive privilege has been extremely controversial since basically the beginning of the United States as a democratic government. Many saw this power come into a greater public focus particularly during the Nixon presidency and the infamous Watergate Scandal, but the theory and use of executive privilege existed long before Nixon. As in true American fashion, some argue in favor of executive privilege, while others view it in a more negative light. The intense controversy is what makes executive privilege so intriguing to review in a deeper and more in depth analysis. The theory of executive privilege has derived its power throughout evolution of time, a series of presidencies, and quite a few pinpointed circumstances resulting in some very notorious court cases.
First Amendment protections were upheld in the case of Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997) (Reno, 1997). The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was found to violate the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of speech. In appealing the CDA, appellees were hoping that the court would determine that the CDA violated both First and Fifth Amendment rights. While the court agreed that the CDA violated First Amendment rights, they did not rule on the issue of Fifth Amendment rights violations. Both constitutional and criminal issues were being addressed in this appeal.
Notable First Amendment court cases. (n.d.). American Library Association. Retrieved April 20, 2011, from www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/
...’ testimony at trial. This rule has played a big role in the American system like in the case of Mapp V. Ohio. Ohio police officers had gone to a home of a women to ask her question about a recent bombing and requested to search her house. When she denied them access, they arrested her and searched her house which led them to find allegedly obscene books, pictures, and photographs.
Journalism and the Code of Ethics Introduction: What is the 'Standard' of the 'Standard Thesis - Current code is irrelevant to journalists. Why do you need to be a member? Importance of ethics in mass media. How to use [IMAGE]? A qualitative look Areas of concern ---------------- 1.
ProQuest Staff. "At Issue: Privacy and the Press." ProQuest LLC. 2014: n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 30 Jan. 2014.
Imagine living in a house where your husband is constantly treating you as a second class citizen, or working in a workplace where the men are being payed a lot more, and are given opportunities that are not available to you all because of your gender. Or living in a society that believes that women belong at home, taking care of the children, and are not allowed to work outside of the home. In some circumstances, that is reality to many. Stereotyping men and women is a thing that occurs all around the world, and has been around for a countless amount of years.