Tag: Press Freedom

This image provided by CBS News shows reporter Catherine Herridge. In a case with potentially far-reaching press freedom implications, a federal judge in Washington is weighing whether to hold in contempt Herridge, a veteran journalist who has refused to identify her sources for stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. The judge previously ordered the former Fox News reporter to be interviewed under oath about her sources for a series of stories about Yanping Chen. (John Paul Filo/CBS News via AP)

Fired reporter to testify CBS News crossed ‘red line’ by taking her files

Ashley Oliver · April 11, 2024 10:02 am

This image provided by CBS News shows reporter Catherine Herridge. In a case with potentially far-reaching press freedom implications, a federal judge in Washington is weighing whether to hold in contempt Herridge, a veteran journalist who has refused to identify her sources for stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. The judge previously ordered the former Fox News reporter to be interviewed under oath about her sources for a series of stories about Yanping Chen. (John Paul Filo/CBS News via AP)

Veteran reporter to testify before Congress after controversial firing from CBS

Ashley Oliver · April 4, 2024 3:38 pm

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen on May 4, 2021, in Washington. A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service has been charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about a government official and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people. The Justice Department said in a statement Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, that 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C. is accused of stealing tax return information and giving it to two different news outlets between 2018 and 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Leaker of Trump’s taxes to be sentenced amid criticism of ‘weak’ prosecution

Ashley Oliver · January 29, 2024 10:07 am

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended President Joe Biden's decision not to hold a year end press conference Thursday.

White House defends Biden’s decision to skip year-end press conference

Christian Datoc · December 21, 2023 8:59 pm

Veteran journalist could face severe financial sanctions for refusing to give up source

Ashley Oliver · November 17, 2023 11:00 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd as he arrives to attend the Central Election Committee meeting at the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Sep. 13, 2023.

Beltway Confidential

Did the Indian government cancel my honeymoon because I’m a journalist?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · September 15, 2023 1:25 pm

Kansas prosecutor finds ‘insufficient evidence’ to support newspaper raid by county police

Rachel Schilke · August 17, 2023 2:13 am

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks during a public inauguration ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.

Journalist arrested at Ohio governor’s press conference

Brady Knox · February 9, 2023 3:55 am

Beltway Confidential

Turkey’s egregious Erdogan regime doxxes a dissident journalist

Quin Hillyer · October 12, 2022 7:20 pm

Russia issues first conviction for spreading ‘fake news’: Report

Christopher Hutton · June 2, 2022 1:52 pm

"The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela," said Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon Friday evening, according to CNN.

Air Force reverses policy that led to Pentagon reporter’s phone being taken

Mike Brest · May 23, 2022 9:29 pm

"It is frankly quite embarrassing to the reputation of the U.S. intelligence services to be putting out something that claims to be a report like that," Assange said. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Press freedom advocates urge UK not to extradite Assange to US

Christopher Hutton · April 22, 2022 1:39 pm