Supreme Court Allows Reporter to Be Fined for Failing to Disclose Source - The New York Times
• The Supreme Court has allowed a lower court to hold former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to disclose her confidential sources. • Herridge's refusal stems from articles she wrote regarding a scientist who had been the subject of an F.B.I. investigation. • This ruling underscores the legal tension between a journalist's desire to protect sources and the judicial system's power to compel testimony in civil proceedings.
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