Word: farbers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many of the journalists, civil libertarians and other citizens who have rallied to the cause of jailed New York Times Reporter Myron Farber have ever heard of Joe Pennington. But Pennington is facing a 60-day jail term for refusing to reveal his source in a murder case he covered last year for Wichita, Kans.' KAKE-TV-the same principled stand that put Farber behind bars...
...flood did not actually begin with Farber, but with the Supreme Court's 1972 ruling in Branzburg vs. Hayes that reporters could be compelled to testify before grand juries. Many journalists argue that Branzburg and a few later decisions are proof of a growing judicial-and perhaps public-hostility toward the press, and fear that prosecutors and defense attorneys are exploiting that mood...
...protect confidential sources by a margin of 3 to 1, more than in similar surveys in 1972 and 1973. Still, more and more lawyers are using subpoenas of reporters as gambits in criminal trials. "They may even think they have to," says Floyd Abrams, the Times attorney representing Farber...
Despite the release of New York Times reporter Myron Farber on Tuesday, Harvard faculty do not believe that the discussion of confidentiality in sources has come to a close...
After spending 40 days in jail for refusing to turn over his notes to the court in the Jascalevich murder trial, Farber was freed when the case went to jury because his notes were no longer needed for the trial...