Exam 10: Protection of News Sourcescontempt Power

In 2011,a federal appellate court in the case of Chevron Corp.v.Berlinger,involving a documentary called "Crude" made by Joseph Berlinger,held that Berlinger could not assert a journalistic privilege because

Which one of the following cases centered on the ability of confidential sources to sue journalists who breach promises of confidentiality?

The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 came as a legislative response to which one of the following U.S.Supreme Court cases?

In 2010,which one of the following individuals was held in contempt of court and fined $1,000 a day after she failed to show up in court to respond to a prosecutor's subpoena that asked her both to reveal the identity of one of her confidential sources and to talk about a jailhouse interview she had conducted with a man suspected of shooting two people?

In 2011,Congress passed and President Obama signed into law a federal shield statute protecting journalists who appear in federal court proceedings from having to reveal the identity of their confidential sources.

A 2006 appellate court decision in the California case of O'Grady v.Superior Court was:

Describe both the information that James Taricani wanted to keep secret and who was seeking the information from Taricani.

One of the first things reporters should do after receiving a subpoena is to try to destroy the records sought so they won't have to surrender the material.

In light of cases such as those involving James Risen of The New York Times in 2008,the head of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,Lucy Dalglish,advises journalists not to:

As of mid-to-late 2011,how many states had shield laws protecting journalists from revealing certain information and/or confidential sources in court proceedings?

The legal theory under which the plaintiff in Cohen v.Cowles Media Co.ultimately prevailed is called:

As of December 2011,each state that had adopted a shield law defined the critical term "journalist" as "a person engaged in the business of either gathering or reporting news."

The key to understanding the Supreme Court's ruling in Branzburg v.Hayes is to understand Justice Lewis Powell's concurring opinion.

Which one of the following cases centered on the ability of journalists to refuse to testify in grand jury proceedings?

In determining whether a First Amendment-based privilege protects journalists from revealing confidential information and/or confidential sources in criminal trials in which the defendant is seeking the information,courts must balance the First Amendment against

In Zurcherv.Stanford Daily,the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that newsroom searches

Ten of 12 of the federal appellate courts have ruled that the First Amendment provides at least limited or qualified protection for reporters who are asked to testify or produce photos or materials in proceedings other than:

As of 2011,the only state that did not recognize some form of a privilege (be it statutory,common law or constitutional)for journalists seeking to preserve the confidentiality of sources or information was:

The _________ rule prohibits journalists from breaking a court order before challenging it in court.

The earliest reported case of a journalist refusing to disclose the identity of a confidential source involved a New York Herald reporter who had obtained information about the _____________ War.