Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
- Episode aired Dec 7, 1964
- 1h
Newspaper reporter Frank Radcliffe prints a story implying that an unnamed member of the state legislature accepted a bribe. When pressured to identify the source of the information, Radclif... Read allNewspaper reporter Frank Radcliffe prints a story implying that an unnamed member of the state legislature accepted a bribe. When pressured to identify the source of the information, Radcliffe invokes newspaper privilege to protect his source; however, his state is one that does ... Read allNewspaper reporter Frank Radcliffe prints a story implying that an unnamed member of the state legislature accepted a bribe. When pressured to identify the source of the information, Radcliffe invokes newspaper privilege to protect his source; however, his state is one that does not allow that protection, opening him up to a libel suit and the end of his career.