Re: [privacy] Josh Wolf Update: Journalist Loses Request for Rehearing

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com> wrote:

> On 11/17/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
>
> > It's no wonder that the U.S. ranking on press freedoms keep
> > on sliding lower and lower and...
>
>
> What countries, in your estimation, provide safe harbor for people who
> conceal evidence of violent crime - regardless of their "profession"?
>
> I'm curious to know just because I recently caught a glimpse of a
> story about the US' ranking in the world - but this same group ranked
> countries like Iran above us, so it wasn't exactly a credible list.

Well, the rankings are somewhat dubious, but the bottom line, I think,
still holds that press freedoms in Western countries (e.g. U.S., UK,
etc.) are being eroded to a degree where journalists have to fear
jail-time for the stories they report on, refusing to identify
sources, etc.

Case in point: Josh Wolf.

- - ferg

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