Author Question: Laws designed to protect reporters from revealing their sources are referred to as A) Blue Laws. ... (Read 102 times)

naturalchemist · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Laws designed to protect reporters from revealing their sources are referred to as

A) Blue Laws.
B) Canons of Ethics.
C) Shield Laws.
D) Safe Laws.
E) Time Laws.

Question 2

Those states that have passed shield laws did so in order to do which of the following?

A) to ensure due process for defendants in criminal cases
B) to protect the confidentiality of reporters' sources
C) to provide protection for those authorities that obtained search warrants under the good faith doctrine
D) to exempt states from being sued by citizens of other states
E) to provide unbiased reporting