Media
Dec. 10, 2005
Ethics, Law Require Newspapers To Keep Confidentiality Promises
Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - The revelation of reporter Bob Woodward's role in the CIA leak investigation posed a thorny problem for his newspaper, the Washington Post. Would the Post honor Woodward's confidentiality pledge, or would it join the journalistic frenzy - intense even by the standards of the Washington press corps - to identify and unveil the reporter's still-secret source?
By Peter Scheer
The revelation of reporter Bob Woodward's role in the CIA leak investigation posed a thorny problem for his newspaper, the Washington Post. Would the Post honor Woodward's confidentiality pledge, or would it join the journalistic frenzy - int...
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