"I hope that I am the last journalist who has to spend two years or more in federal court defending confidential sources against the threat of contempt sanctions."
I don't think she will be! What about reporting the unfair treatment of Leahy for publishing lawfully obtained Audrey Hale diaries? He says he will go to jail rather than divul…
"I hope that I am the last journalist who has to spend two years or more in federal court defending confidential sources against the threat of contempt sanctions."
I don't think she will be! What about reporting the unfair treatment of Leahy for publishing lawfully obtained Audrey Hale diaries? He says he will go to jail rather than divulge his sources.
"Tennessee Star editor-in-chief Michael Patrick Leahy unveiled the Nashville Covenant School mass shooter’s personal writings earlier this month, but no mainstream news outlets appear to have reported about the revelations, and only one has reported on the subsequent legal battle that Leahy faces for uncovering the documents.
Additionally, while journalists’ rights organizations traditionally would have provided counsel to a reporter like Leahy in court, few are willing to comment on the case, and Leahy is being represented by America First Legal and Daniel Horwitz, a Nashville-based attorney who focuses on the First Amendment.
Outlets such as Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, NBC News and Reuters have not published any articles regarding the writings of shooter Audrey Hale, a biological female who identified as a male, since Leahy first reported on the issue earlier this month. The Associated Press briefly reported on the matter, but only in regards to the court hearing that Leahy faced after publishing news articles about Hale’s writings.
Tennessee Chancery Court Judge l’Ashea Myles ordered Leahy to appear in court Monday to determine whether his outlet violated any of her court orders by publishing news stories about Hale’s writings."
"If a reporter lawfully obtains information through a source, any sanctions or contempt findings against that reporter “would be a rather clear violation of the First Amendment,” Seth Stern, the director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told Just the News."
P.S. Hale was a 22 year psych patient at Vanderbilt. She told therapists she wanted to shoot up her old middle school. They did not report it to the police. In 2019 her psychologist recommended her for involuntary commitment. Instead, they gave her "intensive outpatient treatment".
Plus: "Reporter Tom Pappert: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Appears to an Incubator for Teens with Mental Health Problems to Turn into Adults with Gender Identity Issues"
"I hope that I am the last journalist who has to spend two years or more in federal court defending confidential sources against the threat of contempt sanctions."
I don't think she will be! What about reporting the unfair treatment of Leahy for publishing lawfully obtained Audrey Hale diaries? He says he will go to jail rather than divulge his sources.
https://tennesseestar.com/news/tennessee-star-publisher-at-risk-over-of-mass-shooters-writings-but-establishment-media-press-advocates-eschew-story/jtnews/2024/06/19/
"Tennessee Star editor-in-chief Michael Patrick Leahy unveiled the Nashville Covenant School mass shooter’s personal writings earlier this month, but no mainstream news outlets appear to have reported about the revelations, and only one has reported on the subsequent legal battle that Leahy faces for uncovering the documents.
Additionally, while journalists’ rights organizations traditionally would have provided counsel to a reporter like Leahy in court, few are willing to comment on the case, and Leahy is being represented by America First Legal and Daniel Horwitz, a Nashville-based attorney who focuses on the First Amendment.
Outlets such as Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, NBC News and Reuters have not published any articles regarding the writings of shooter Audrey Hale, a biological female who identified as a male, since Leahy first reported on the issue earlier this month. The Associated Press briefly reported on the matter, but only in regards to the court hearing that Leahy faced after publishing news articles about Hale’s writings.
Tennessee Chancery Court Judge l’Ashea Myles ordered Leahy to appear in court Monday to determine whether his outlet violated any of her court orders by publishing news stories about Hale’s writings."
"If a reporter lawfully obtains information through a source, any sanctions or contempt findings against that reporter “would be a rather clear violation of the First Amendment,” Seth Stern, the director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told Just the News."
P.S. Hale was a 22 year psych patient at Vanderbilt. She told therapists she wanted to shoot up her old middle school. They did not report it to the police. In 2019 her psychologist recommended her for involuntary commitment. Instead, they gave her "intensive outpatient treatment".
Plus: "Reporter Tom Pappert: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Appears to an Incubator for Teens with Mental Health Problems to Turn into Adults with Gender Identity Issues"
https://tennesseestar.com/news/reporter-tom-pappert-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-appears-to-an-incubator-for-teens-with-mental-health-problems-to-turn-into-adults-with-gender-identity-issues/khousler/2024/06/23/
Vanderbilt needs to be investigated - not the guy reporting on the issues.