HONORED: I didn't have @RepRaskin "Jamie Raskin speaks before Congress on why I was locked up in jail" on my 2022 bingo card, but hey, I appreciate it. This is important. 🧵
In 1990 and 1991, I went to jail four different times to protect confidential sources while working as a TV reporter.
The last time I went to jail for nearly two weeks while the Supreme Court considered my case, and was only spared a long sentence when my source moved from Texas to California, and no longer fearing for her life, came forward.
As Rep. Raskin explained, "the Committee to protect journalists reported that journalists in the U.S faced unprecedented attacks in 2020. At least 110 reporters were arrested or criminally charged in relation to their reporting, and around 300 were assaulted in 2020 alone."
Rep. Raskin continued: "Now more than ever we need to make good on the Constitutional promise of a Free Press by establishing a federal shield law to protect journalists against government overreach and prosecutorial abuses that may occur from one administration to the next."
The Press Act will protect journalists and allow us to protect our sources. It's time we make the Free Press TRULY free. -BK. #FreeThePress
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