May 14, 2013
Today, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/aan-joins-protest-against-doj-subpoena-of-associated-press-phone-records/Article?oid=7075332">released a statement joining other journalism organizations in protesting the U.S. Department of Justice's over-reaching subpoena of The Associated Press' phone records. The JFP joins other media organizations who have http://www.rcfp.org/sites/default/files/Media%20coalition%20letter%20re%20AP%20subpoena.pdf">signed onto this letter by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. It reads in part:
The scope of this action calls into question the very integrity of Department of Justice policies toward the press and its ability to balance, on its own, its police powers against the First Amendment rights of the news media and the public’s interest in reporting on all manner of government conduct, including matters touching on national security which lie at the heart of this case.
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