The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to expand protecti...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to expand protections of journalists and their confidential sources (S- 2035) by 15-2. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., plans to bring a media shield bill to a vote this year, she told…
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the Associated Press Managing Editors conference Thursday, AP reported. “Freedom of the press is fundamental to our democracy,” Pelosi said, according to the text of her prepared remarks. “I have long supported a federal media shield law, without which freedom of the press is threatened.” Many media companies and trade groups praised the committee for moving forward with the bill. “Broadcast journalists take seriously their role in providing listeners and viewers with critical information that at times carries significant risk to reporters and their sources,” said NAB President David Rehr. “We will continue working with both chambers of Congress to ensure that journalists can do their job without fear of revealing confidential sources.”