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 TABLE OF CONTENTS   The News Media & The Law Vol. 28, No. 4  

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The News Media & The Law

Fall 2004

Shielding Sources: As reporter Judith Miller and others are cited for contempt, momentum grows for a federal shield law.


In this issue:

  COMMENTARY Back to square one, 34 years later

  FEATURE A problem of interpretation
DOJ guidelines for subpoenaing reporters are useful, but no substitute for a federal shield law
  SIDEBAR Media lawyers push for revising DOJ guidelines
  COMMENTARY Subpoena gallery
  GUEST COMMENTARY Summer subpoenas lead to fall chill
  SIDEBAR A short history of attempts to pass a federal shield law

Freedom of Information
  FEATURE Unlocking details
Federal court orders release of some detainee information
  FEATURE Man's six-year quest to uncover FBI records about mother's kidnapping nears end
  OPINION Marshal, take your toothbrush to court
  OPINION CBA
No clear rules exist for use of some government secrecy stamps

Secret Courts
  FEATURE Kobe's legal legacy
Precedent likely to be cited in other prior-restraint cases

Libel
  FEATURE Factual malice
Texas high court finds strong protection for satire, parody
  SIDEBAR Avoiding libel in satire
  FEATURE Tale of the tapes
Courts give no clear guidance on journalists' receipt oruse of illegally recorded phone conversations
  COMMENTARY Repeating the false allegations of public figures

  ADVICE From the Hotline

Broadcasting
  ROUNDUP Focusing on courts
Some wins, losses in court-camera efforts

Newsgathering
  ROUNDUP Unconventional arrests
Journalists arrested, detained at Republican National Convention

  THE LAST WORD Open & Shut