When New York Times Reporter Judith Miller Was Jailed in 2005

question 52

Multiple Choice

When New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed in 2005, it illustrated that

• A) the press has no constitutional right to withhold information in court.
• B) prior restraint can still be allowed in cases of national security.
• C) journalists are held to a higher standard of libel than average citizens.
• D) parodies are not protected speech.
• E) journalists can be punished for reporting inaccurate information on political stories.

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