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I thought the publics right to know what goes on in federal court and the transparency that would be given the proceedings by live-blogging outweighed any potential prejudice to the defendant, Bennett told the ABA Journal in 2009.
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Its become part of what I do, he said. I come from the industry formerly known as newspapers. All my life we were a second day news source and people would get their breaking news from broadcast. But now (Twitter) puts all news organizations on equal footing.
http://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-la...d-law-fall-2011/more-reporters-tweeting-court
I thought the publics right to know what goes on in federal court and the transparency that would be given the proceedings by live-blogging outweighed any potential prejudice to the defendant, Bennett told the ABA Journal in 2009.
<snip>
Its become part of what I do, he said. I come from the industry formerly known as newspapers. All my life we were a second day news source and people would get their breaking news from broadcast. But now (Twitter) puts all news organizations on equal footing.
http://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-la...d-law-fall-2011/more-reporters-tweeting-court