Posts Tagged ‘journalists’

An Incomplete History of Peter King Calling for the Prosecution of Journalists

Representative Peter King, former chair of the, House Committee on Homeland Security, spent the past 24 hours opining that the U.S. should prosecute Glenn Greenwald in relation to the NSA stories of last week. Tweet This Post

Attention, journalists!

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Why a Media Shield Law Isn’t Enough to Save Journalists

I’m all for a shield law to protect journalists and their sources from government prosecutors. I hope Congress pasess one. But I don’t have lots of faith that the ideas under consideration in Congress or any law can protect journalists adequately. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Journalists Won’t Be Saved From Prosecutors By a Media Shield Law Alone

I’m all for a shield law to protect journalists and their sources from government prosecutors. I hope Congress pasess one. But I don’t have lots of faith that the ideas under consideration in Congress or any law can protect journalists adequately. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Did Attorney General Eric Holder OK Attempt to Hack Journalist’s EMail?

The Justice Department stopped short of saying that Attorney General Eric Holder O.K.’d the investigation into Fox News reporter James Rosen. But critics have seized on a comment Holder made last week, asking if the attorney general misled Congress. The Obama administration has been criticized… Tweet This Post

Journalists Say Justice Department Intimidating Reporters

Journalists called the news the Justice Department seized records from phone lines assigned to Associated Press offices and its reporters over a two month period “chilling” and a “dragnet to intimidate the media,” Politico reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

At the Supreme Court, Waiting Through Sleet, Snow, and an Onslaught of Questions From Journalists

The wintry mix of sleet and snow has become something of a constant for those camping outside of the Supreme Court on Monday. But it’s not the only D.C. element descending upon them. There are few events like a long line to draw in reporters. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Anarchist bombs explode near Greek journalists’ homes

ATHENS (Reuters) – Makeshift bombs exploded outside the homes of five Greek journalists on Friday, attacks claimed by an anarchist group which said it was protesting at media coverage of the economic crisis. The incendiary devices caused minor damage but no injuries. They were the first coordinated attacks against mainstream journalists since the Greek debt [...]

Makeshift bombs explode outside homes of Greek journalists

ATHENS (Reuters) – Small makeshift bombs exploded early on Friday outside the Athens homes of five Greek journalists working for major media outlets, in an apparent protest over coverage of events linked to the country's economic crisis, police said. The incendiary devices caused minor damage but no injuries and were the first such coordinated attacks [...]