like a bad plot line from some distant authoritarian country, a los angeles county sheriff convened a press conference to announce that he was opening a criminal investigation into a l.a. times reporter, who has been reporting on a scandal in his office. he put up a big picture of her at the press conference, as she sat there in the front row covering that press conference for the times. tonight, the reporters committee for freedom of the press is responding st.. the l.a. county sheriff s department announcement that it has launched a criminal investigation into a journalist because of her reporting, is appalling. this blatantly retaliatory comeback aimed at the reporter is beyond the pale, and violates the first amendment. publishing newsworthy information about an alleged law enforcement cover-up, that sought to block an investigation the use of excessive force, is constantly constitutionally protected activity, it s clearly in the public interest.
what was that password anyway? ew. today, in something that feels like a bad plot line from some distant authoritarian country, a los angeles county sheriff convened a press conference to announce that he was opening a criminal investigation into a l. a. times reporter, who has been reporting on a scandal in his office. he put up a big picture of her at the press conference, as she sat there in the front row covering that press conference for the times. tonight, the reporters committee for freedom of the press is responding st.. the l. a. county sheriff s department announcement that it has launched a criminal investigation into a journalist because of her reporting, is