After Libby Trial, New Era for Government and Press

New York Times by Adam Liptak | Mar. 8, 2007 (News Analysis)

"Every tenet and every pact that existed between the government and the press has been broken," said Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., a media lawyer who represented Time magazine and one of its reporters in their unsuccessful efforts to fight subpoenas from Mr. Fitzgerald, the special counsel in the Libby case. Full Story »

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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

While this is a well presented article analyzing the "chill" effect that the Libby trial will have on the realtionship between journalists and their anonymous sources, it is less than candid regarding the role of the "shill" effect in wich journalists allowed themselves to become uncritical conduits for government information and ultimately witnesses in court.

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