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shopgirl
(7/25):
it does indeed suck Miller had to go to jail, but you can't use the law, i.e. freedom of the press, only when it fits your emotional mind-set. Judge Hogan correctly explained..."If she were given a pass today, then the next person could say as a matter of principle, 'I will not obey the law because of the abortion issue,' or the election of a president or whatever. They could claim the moral high ground, and then we could descend into anarchy."
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Writer_B
(7/25):
Thomas Jefferson said, "were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." The special privilege to not divulge confidential information is already granted to doctors, lawyers and priests, among others. If a journalist can obtain information that is critical to our freedom -- such as a government employee who has violated the public trust -- the government should not be permitted to force him to testify. That's what happened in the Judith Miller case.
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Miller why jail?
