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Hamer: Journalists Neglect Positive Stories that Benefit Their Community

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John Hamer

John Hamer, executive director of the Washington News Council, talks about the Media Shield Bill. Hamer states that while it is valuable to have protections for confidential sources, they should not exist if national security is clearly at stake. Hamer believes that many journalists long for the days of Woodward and Bernstein and Watergate, and in the process negelct the positive stories that benefit their communities.

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