The RTNDA joined forces with other news media groups to protest r...
The RTNDA joined forces with other news media groups to protest recent rulings ordering fines and possible jail sentences for reporters who refuse to reveal their sources. In the most recent case, the judge in the Wen Ho Lee…
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trial held 5 reporters in contempt for refusing to identify their sources. Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist, is seeking the identities of the reporters’ sources. The judge imposed a $500-per-day fine on each reporter. That ruling is being appealed. The case and others “could make whistleblowers less likely to come forward in the future and would mean the public would not get information it should have,” said RTNDA Pres. Barbara Cochran.