A Boston Globe reporter was absolved from testifying in a lawsuit brought by a street performer contesting the city’s limits on the space allotted to performing.
A federal district judge said the reporter’s privilege under the First Amendment prevailed so he did not have to disclose information obtained through news gathering.
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, March 9, 2011, by Kristen Rasmussen.
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Congratulations and please apply the same judgement in the case of Julian Assange, Wikileaks.
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