Legal Opinion
Knight-Ridder Broadcasting, Inc. v. Greenberg
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1987PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alexander, J.
The issue presented for our review in this case is whether the Shield Law (Civil Rights Law § 79-h) extends its protection to nonconfidential sources or information obtained in the course of gathering or obtaining news for publication. We hold that it does not.
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In February 1986, Knight-Ridder’s television station in Albany — WTEN-TV—broadcast on its evening newscast portions of an interview with Donald Bent, whose wife had then been missing for several days. The interview had been conducted by a news team led by a reporter employed by the television *154station.…
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