A law is going into effect in Connecticut to block the government from releasing photos, video or audio of crime victims.
It's a result of the Sandy Hook school shooting, of course.
The legislation was opposed by media groups and The ACLU.
Nobody wants to cause more grief for the parents of the children killed at the school, but this new law can also block the media, (and the public) from seeing evidence of wrongdoing by the government. Will photos or 911 calls of police shootings now be locked away?
Here in Alabama, legislators passed a law a few years back prohibiting the release of 911-call tapes unless the parties on the tapes agree. The state press association opposed it too, but it was populist legislation and easily passed.
[The Monday (*and sometimes Wednesday) Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of www.timlennox.com]
It's a result of the Sandy Hook school shooting, of course.
The legislation was opposed by media groups and The ACLU.
Nobody wants to cause more grief for the parents of the children killed at the school, but this new law can also block the media, (and the public) from seeing evidence of wrongdoing by the government. Will photos or 911 calls of police shootings now be locked away?
Here in Alabama, legislators passed a law a few years back prohibiting the release of 911-call tapes unless the parties on the tapes agree. The state press association opposed it too, but it was populist legislation and easily passed.
[The Monday (*and sometimes Wednesday) Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of www.timlennox.com]
Those two scraggly trees are no match for Connecticut's Charter Oak, which unfortunately was blown down in 1856.
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