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Sens. Schumer, Specter Announce Agreement With White House On Media Shield Bill
October 30, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Arlen Specter (D-PA) today released a revised version of the Free Flow of Information Act which has received backing from the White House and the newspaper industry. Full Article at All American Patriots
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WASHINGTON — The White House, key senators and media representatives have reached a compromise on legislation to protect reporters from being forced to disclose their confidential sources in federal court. Full Article at Huffington Post
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WASHINGTON -- The White House, key senators and media representatives have reached a compromise on legislation to protect reporters from being forced to disclose their confidential sources in federal court. Full Article at The Washington Post
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – Two senators are taking another shot at crafting a law that would protect journalists from having to reveal the identity of their sources. Democratic Sens. Full Article at CNN
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Preventing the shield law's progress until now was the Obama administration's concern that Senate Democrats' bill would undermine national security. Full Article at The Hill
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We’ve come a long way in these negotiations and have now reached a compromise that strikes the right balance between national security concerns and the public’s right to know ... This new version preserves a strong protection for reporters interested in protecting their sources, while also making sure t...
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I think it is a compromise we can live with and it seems to be a compromise the White House can live with. It's certainly better than the status quo
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We still get most of our information from investigative journalists ... If you can’t protect sources, there is a lot of public corruption and private malfeasance that will go undetected and unpunished.
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The negotiated compromise creates a fair standard to protect the public interest, journalists, the news media, bloggers, prosecutors and litigants
