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To: epicure who wrote (2996)	3/26/2002 10:59:20 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7720

I don't know if that would help. The problem with journalism is that journalists think they belong to some sort of priestly class. They think 1st Amendment protections apply to them, but not others. The case of the woman in Texas who was writing a book and got her notes subpoenaed but refused to turn them over and was subsequently jailed is one example. She claimed she was a journalist but the courts said no, she had not published in a mainstream paper, so she didn't qualify as one. Then there is the guy in Washington (the state, not the swamp) who is in jail because he published things on his website that were insulting to some of his neighbors. He claimed a journalists' prerogative, but the judge said no, a website doesn't qualify as a journalists' outlet. These decisions were made by judges, but I haven't noticed any journalists stepping up and defending these people.