hmm it isn't that simple. I have only read the one story that Nick posted, but the footage is of a demonstration, not simple vandalism. Apparently a police car was damaged in the course of the demonstration and they want to know if unaired portions of the tape point to who and how. I'd have to see the guy's rationale to know what I think of this.
If he wants to avoid setting a precedent I might agree with him. This is not a matter of say a murder that we know for sure happened. It's people who were exercising their right to free speech and perhaps some of them also committed a misdemeanour. If I weigh that out I come down in favor of not setting a precedent. As for whether a blogger is a journalist, I think this is something that has not been worked out yet. It may depend on the blog. But regardless of the blog, the guy sold some of the film to a local television station so in my book that makes him a freelance journalist. On 8/2/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Keep in mind that Judy Miller spent several months in jail over the Plame > leak case. Personally, I don't think journalists should have blanket > protection where criminals acts are involved. This blogger's claim is a > perfect example. What right of free speech protects him no turning over > video evidence of a crime? Nothing. > > On 8/2/06, Nick wrote: > > > > OK, so here is a question, at what point does a person with a blog > become > > a > > journalist? > > > > A blogger was sent to prison today for failing to turn over a video that > > prosecutors claim has footage of a group of people vandalizing a police > > car. > > He is claiming that he is a journalist and has the right to keep some > > information private. > > > > > > > http://news.com.com/Blogger+jailed+after+defying+court+orders/2100-1028_3-61 > > 01187.html > > > > Two things, first, this may contain footage of a crime that occurred in > a > > public place, even if the guy were a journalist, should it still be > > protected? Is this equal to not revealing a source? > > > > 2nd, Can a person that has a day job, that writes a blog be considered a > > journalist? What is a journalist? > > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
