Hickerson: WikiLeaks Access a Turning Point in Journalism |
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 Andrea Hickerson, professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, gives her opinion about the New York Times writing articles based on classified government documents released by WikiLeaks. She expresses her concerns regarding a federal shield law and says, "Retaliation against journalists reporting on the government may lead journalists to avoid investigative reporting and to engage in self-censorship. This threatens one of the press's basic functions ... to keep check on the government."
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