Federal Shield Law

Jason Linkins

Why Did Sen. Schumer Attempt To Limit The Press Shield Law?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media


The U.S. Congress has been working all year on the development of a federal shield law, which would offer journalists a "qualified privilege against d...

"Nothing But the Truth" About the Federal Shield Law

Rod Lurie | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media


Rod Lurie

One critic wrote that my film Nothing but the Truth, a thriller about how far a journalist will go to protect a source, goes "off the liberal rails." However, the fight to get a shield law is itself a non-partisan battle.