USA Today Editor Ken Paulson notes the unusual circumstances behind a federal judge's order that former reporter Toni Locy (left) pay thousands of dollars in fines for refusing to give up sources, in a suit brought by former Army researcher Stephen Hatfill."The judge is not ordering disclosure of sources because national security is at stake or because someone has published leaked grand jury testimony,'' Paulson writes today on the paper's Op-Ed page. "This is just about improving Hatfill's chances of a big payday from the government."
Noted: The fines have been suspended, pending Locy's appeal.
I especially like this sentence from Paulson's piece: "Keeping an eye on people in power and how they do their jobs is a driving force behind American journalism."
[Photo: West Virginia University, where Locy now teaches journalism]
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