Scalia Tapes Ordered Erased; RCFP Condemns Action
Uproar has followed an order by a federal Marshall that two reporters erase tapes they had recorded at a speech by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia April 7, 2004.
The reporters said they had not been informed on Scalia's no-taping policy before the event. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press condemned the Marshall's action, calling it illegal. Some coverage:
-- "Legal Experts Express Concern About Erasure of Scalia Tapes," New York Times, April 9, 2004, by Adam Liptak.
-- "Marshal Orders Tapes Of Scalia Talk Erased; Reporters Told Justice Bars Recording," Washington Post, April 9, 2004, by Charles Lane.
-- "Scalia's Tape Tactics at Issue; Experts question legal basis for confiscation -- apparently on justice's orders -- of recordings," Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2004, by David G. Savage, (free registration required)
-- "What about freedom of the press?" (Editorial), Hattiesburg American, April 9, 2004
-- "Media access limited during Scalia's speeches; Justice: Constitution 'something extraordinary'," Hattiesburg American, April 8, 2004, by Antoinette Konz.
-- "Journalism group protests Scalia tape grab," Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 8, 2004 (9:24 p.m. PT),
by Holbrook Mohr.
-- RCFP News Release of April 8, 2004.
-- RCFP April 8 Letter to Attorney General Ashcroft & US Marshalls Service.
-- RCFP April 8 Letter to Justice Scalia.
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