Senators examine media handling of Jewell case

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Media representatives testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information regarding the press coverage of Richard Jewell and the FBI investigation of the Olympic Park bombing. The hearing was intended to focus on FBI practices and alleged leaking of information, but much of the discussion focused on press responsibility to research stories thoroughly before going public. One media expert noted that the press did state that Jewell had not be charged and that the press helped expedite the investigation of Jewell.

Investigations, Media coverage, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Journalistic ethics, Centennial Olympic Park Bombing, 1996, Jewell, Richard

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Report details administration's increased hostility to media

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The Clinton Administration has become increasingly hostile to media access to government information, according to an annual report from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Despite endorsing electronic freedom of information and supporting improved technology for accessing government information, a number of incidents suggest that the US government still promotes secrecy. Bills have been passed to limit access to plane crash sites and terrorists and to allow searches of newsrooms for child porn. $5.6 billion was spent in 1995 on maintaining government secrecy.

Analysis, Political aspects, Freedom of information, Government and the press, Press policy

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Legislators rude anti-paparazzi wave after Di's death; national, state, local 'harassment' legislation would affect all news media

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Outrage at paparazzi conduct during Princess Diana's death has inspired a wave of national and state harassment bills which would affect all celebrity photographers. US Representative Sonny Bono introduced a bill which would make the harassment of US citizens anywhere or of other citizens in this country an offense, while California senators Calderon and Hayden proposed bills imposing physical restrictions on photographers. Predictably, such legislation has proved popular with the Hollywood community.

Laws, regulations and rules, Harassment (Law), Harassment, News photographers, Photojournalists, Paparazzi, states

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