FELDSTED: Journalistic protection of sources works for the benefit of society most of the time, but is not inviolate
'Dark day for press freedom': Vice must give ISIS notes to police, top court rules Catharine Tunney ~~ CBC News ~~ Nov 30, 2018 A Vice Media reporter will have to hand over records of his conversations with an alleged ISIS member to police following a Supreme Court of Canada decision. In the unanimous decision released Friday, the top court upheld a lower court's ruling regarding the work of reporter Ben Makuch. The case was seen as pitting journalists' interest in protecting their sources against the state's duty to investigate crimes. CLICK HERE to read full story: Freedom of the press does not remove a reporter’s ethical obligation to report a crime to authorities, or … to resist making relevant evidence available. Protecting sources does not include protecting criminals from arrest and facing due process. ISIS targets Canada and her allies. No one blocked Makuch from writing his stories, o...