Supreme Court: Press can't guarantee protection to sources
5/7/2010 at 12:24 PM
Per the Globe and Mail article below, a significant decision has come down from the Supreme Court of Canada today that will have implications on mainstream media's ability to protect its sources.
From the article:
In an 8-1 ruling, the court said that in an age of blogging, Twitter and long-range microphones, the media are too amorphous to enjoy such a right and too ungovernable to exercise it properly.
“The bottom line is that no journalist can give a source a total assurance of confidentially,” the majority said.” All such arrangements necessarily carry an element of risk that the source’s identity will eventually be revealed.”
Full story:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/press-cant-protect-sources-supreme-court-says/article1560097/
thoughts?