Rhode Island Reporter Faces Jail Time for Protecting Source
"[W]hile a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision established that reporters don’t have a right to refuse court orders to name sources, it also included a concurring opinion somewhat sympathetic to the reporters and a strong dissenting opinion that seem to have influenced how the courts treat such cases"
explains an Associated Press article about shield laws in light of Jim Taricani’s efforts to protect a source. An investigative reporter with News Channel 10 in Rhode Island, Taricani has decided not to reveal who gave him a videotape of a city official taking a bribe.
