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July 07, 2005
Hooray for Judith Miller
So a federal judge ordered New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail for failing to reveal the name of a source who had told her the identity of a CIA agent. She never even wrote a story about the revelation.
Miller has taken the position that if she reveals the name of her source, no one would ever give her information confidentially.
Many Americans believe that journalists traffic too much in unnamed sources. I do. Anonymous sources sometimes cover for lazy reporting. We’ve even had cases in which journalists made up stuff and attributed it to “sources who refused to be identified.”
I also don’t believe in shield laws giving reporters special immunity from cooperating with criminal investigations. Reporters should have no special privileges, and no special responsbilities. They should be just like anyone else. And when they use anonymous sources, they must know that they may have to go to jail to protect them.
There are cases in which confidentiality is the only way some important stories will get aired in the media. Watergate is the best example. A corrupt president may have finished out his term had it not been for the Washington Post’s willingness to use anonymous sources.
This is complicated. Journalists should rely less on anonymous sources. But there are times when society’s interests are best served when a whistle-blower stays in the shadows and whispers in the reporter’s ear. If we must, we must watch reporters like Judith Miller leave her family and go to jail to protect that whistle-blower. I’m grateful she’s willing to pay the price.
Posted Jul 7 2005 @ 05:38 AM
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