On Capitol Hill Thursday, there were new, dire warnings about the erosion of the First Amendment.
announced that her computer was hackedNot only did the guilty parties monitor my work in real-time, they also accessed by fast and furious files, got into the larger CBS system, planted classified documents deep in my operating system, and were able to listen in by activating Skype audio," Attkisson said.by the network, spoke about her documents being seized the day she was let go.
"When the network of Walter Cronkite seizes your reporting files, including confidential source information, that is an attack on investigative journalism," Herridge said. "When my records were seized, I felt it was a journalistic rape."for refusing to divulge her sources and is now part of an ongoing case in which she is fighting a legal battle to protect those sources.
One of our children recently asked me if I would go to jail, if we would lose our house, lose our family savings to protect my reporting sources. I wanted to answer that, in this country, where we say we value democracy and the role of a vibrant and free press, it was impossible. But I couldn’t offer that assurance.
"Unfortunately, with the House repeatedly, and with strong bipartisan support, passing some form of reporter shield legislation, the Senate has yet to act," said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Penn. Some Democrats on the committee said the purpose of the hearing was not to protect free speech, but instead to further the narrative of a biased mainstream media an assessment Republicans reject.
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