As part of its third annual New York edition, The Hollywood Reporter has named its “35 Most Powerful People in Media.” Included on the list: CEO of Fox News Roger Ailes MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Rachel Maddow CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Piers Morgan…
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Judy Miller: Media Ignore Reporter Facing Jail Time Because She’s From Fox News
As NewsBusters documented Monday, the media have been largely ignoring the plight of Fox News reporter Jana Winter who may end up going to jail for maintaining the secrecy of her sources on a report concerning Aurora, Colorado, shooter James Holmes. Former New York Times reporter Judy Miller – who spent 85 days in jail… Read more »
CNN’s Jake Tapper Wants To Know: ‘Where’s The Public Outrage’ About Fox News Reporter Facing Jail Time?
On his CNN program Monday afternoon, Jake Tapper took a moment to look at the “buried lead” that is Fox News reporter Jana Winter facing jail time for refusing to out her confidential sources in a Colorado case. “Where is the public outrage?” Tapper asked his audience. In July 2012, during a “huge scoop,” Winter… Read more »
Tapper: ‘First Amendment On Line’ with Fox News Reporter
It is a very real possibility that Fox News’ investigative journalist Jana Winter (pictured above) could face up to six months in prison for refusing to give up a source. In July of last year Winter broke the story of James Holmes, the Colorado movie theatre shooter, giving a notebook to his psychiatrist that allegedly… Read more »