No surprise here. CNN has complained about the Obama admin punishing reporters who report unkind stories about Obama. And then there was the time the White House intentionally left Fox News out in the cold. If a reporter from the NY Times can say this, then I can only imagine how bad things really are.

Quote:New York Times reporter James Risen called the Obama administration “the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation” on Friday, explaining that the White House seeks to control the flow of information and those that refuse to play along “will be punished.”

Poynter reports that Risen made the remarks while speaking at Sources and Secrets conference — a meeting of journalism and communication professionals held in New York City. The foreign policy reporter, who is currently fighting a fierce court battle with the federal government over his protection of a confidential source, warned that press freedom is under serious attack in today’s America.

In a speech kicking off the conference, Risen claimed that the Obama administration wants to “narrow the field of national security reporting” and “create a path for accepted reporting.” Those who stray from that path, he cautioned, “will be punished.”

The result is a “de facto Official Secrets Act,” Risen explained, making the current White House “the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation.” And the media has been “too timid” in pushing back against the onslaught.

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i would love for congress to pass a bill granting greater protection of the press when it comes to confidential sources. they should not be forced to leak a name unless it is an extreme circumstance.

(03-24-2014 09:59 PM)john01992 Wrote:  i would love for congress to pass a bill granting greater protection of the press when it comes to confidential sources. they should not be forced to leak a name unless it is an extreme circumstance.

If only that already existed. Wait, it does.

(03-24-2014 10:01 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(03-24-2014 09:59 PM)john01992 Wrote:  i would love for congress to pass a bill granting greater protection of the press when it comes to confidential sources. they should not be forced to leak a name unless it is an extreme circumstance.

If only that already existed. Wait, it does.

did you miss the whole "greater protection" aspect i was shooting at

(03-24-2014 10:03 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(03-24-2014 10:01 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(03-24-2014 09:59 PM)john01992 Wrote:  i would love for congress to pass a bill granting greater protection of the press when it comes to confidential sources. they should not be forced to leak a name unless it is an extreme circumstance.

If only that already existed. Wait, it does.

did you miss the whole "greater protection" aspect i was shooting at

You'd have to know what it is today to understand how silly of a statment that is.