Leading Media Outlets “Have Tied Themselves Up In Knots” On A “Blatant Threat” To Freedom Of The Press...

The New York Observer Niall Stanage August 15, 2006 at 11:29 PM

When prosecutors won the right to inspect reporters' phone records earlier this month--potentially unmasking numerous secret sources--the story barely caused a ripple.

Such a blatant threat to the freedom of the media might once have stirred national outrage, or at least a spirited debate.

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