Timeline for Why are documentary crews allowed to be a party to illegal activity?
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| Mar 31, 2016 at 20:26 | comment | added | Christopher King | @Dawn what exactly are the press freedoms? Can reporters do whatever they want? I thought the first amendment was basically just speech. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 23:16 | comment | added | user608 | It just seems like a hairy situation and I'm surprised crews and producers have not been prosecuted leading to precedented case law. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 23:16 | comment | added | user608 | @Dawn Is the apprehension of violent criminals not a compelling enough government interest? With this documentary, for example, I envision a law officer watching it to hopefully get enough damning information to then capture and prosecute these people. This would require a judge ordering the crew to cooperate and tell what they know that the documentary conceals. Further, this documentary is suspicious that the crew, at least implicitly, did indeed, for example, cooperate in the preparation of a crime. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 21:58 | comment | added | user3851 | Even if they conflicted, the press freedoms guaranteed by the constitution would trump any law that chilled those, barring a compelling enough governmental interest. rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/guides/reporters-privilege/… | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 21:29 | history | edited | user6726 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2016 at 21:19 | comment | added | user6726 | Turns out that Ohio specifically suspends the duty to report when it conflicts with the shield law. One would have to do a state-by-state survey of "duty to report" laws to see if they have been appropriately harmonized with whatever the shield law is. One can hope for consistency. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 21:04 | comment | added | A. Darwin | Doesn't reporter's privilege conflict with state laws requiring citizens to report a felony? | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 18:45 | comment | added | user6726 | Yes, there's no legal distinction made between the guy who writes / speaks and the crew who helps, or reporting an illegal industry vs. interviewing a fugitive. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 18:10 | comment | added | user608 | So does a documentary crew covering, generically, an underground industry enjoy reporter's privilege? It seems like a different thing than interviewing a specific wanted person. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 17:40 | history | answered | user6726 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |