Re:I don't see why journalists are special (Score 1)

If journalist don't have any protection then we lose news as we know it. Every loss of this nature makes the press less and less free. So what makes them special is the ability to get inside information about cases the public may or may not be interested in. However, at the rate the press is being pushed to give up information this method of obtaining news is going to stop. No informant in their right mind will want to talk to anyone press related. In the end we will end up with State and Federal goverment statements about situations with half or maybe even quarter truths. One can not make a intelligent decision with only half the facts.