Ethics and Journalism

"[T]he cult of the anonymous source..." At this point in the Judith Miller affair, I am officially uncertain about where the lines should be drawn concerning journalists and anonymous sources. When should journalists be immune to legal action when protecting their sources? I have no idea. But this essay by Michael Kinsley of Slate has begun to convince me that journalists may be taking this source protection thing too far. (But I'm not sure I agree with his money = speech assessment).


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