In the Majority of State Shield Laws, There Are Three

Multiple Choice

In the majority of state shield laws, there are three conditions that officials must establish to over-ride them and require journalists to provide information or identify sources. Which of the following IS NOT one of those three?

A) the officials must have exhausted all other possible sources of for the same information
B) the information must be part of a public record that was obtained illegally
C) the journalist must have knowledge of a specific crime
D) the need to obtain the information must be greater than the journalist's need to keep it secret