MMC 4200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Anonymous Blog, Estoppel, Dendrite

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Mass Media Communication
• Course: MMC 4200
• Professor: Chance Sandra

Document Summary

Issue: court orders demanding journalists tesify and reveal conidenial sources, release notes and tapes. Pbs news wars: video in class: plame afair (bush administraion) most signiicant clash between the press and the government. Did damage to the irst amendment and careers of reporters, and credibility of the media. Plame afair was a poliical scandal that revolved around journalist robert. Novak"s public ideniicaion of valerie plame as a covert cia oicer in. Limited first amendment privilege when it comes to protecing news sources: branzburg v. hayes. Scotus (5-4) rejects irst amendment privilege to protect news sources (reporters privilege) and orders reporter branzburg to tesify. Wrote 2 aricles that talked about drug use in kentucky. First one featured unideniied hands holding the drug. Both aricles brought to atenion of law enforcement, was subpoenaed in grand jury and forced to name sources. Similar cases: earl caldwell conducted extensive interviews with members of the black panthers.