rwilson99 said:
All such privledges have exceptions.
Lawyers must divulge private, protected conversations with clients if there is crime or fruad. Journalists are not legally bound in most states to any promise of annonymity in the event of a lawsuit.
With that in mind, if the NHL goes the impasse route. The identities of players who offered up the "done deal" story will be fair game.
Sure. Several states do have laws protecting reporters from revealing sources. The NYT and TIme magazine reporters facing jail time because of the Valeria plame affair have been speaking, understandably, about federal laws protecting journalists.
(Funny, isn't it, that Robert Novak, the guy who wrote the god damned story, isn't facing a lick of trouble? And the NYT and Time Magazine reporters, who didn't even write the story Novak wrote, are facing jail time. Being a republican spin doctor has its advantages, I suppose)
Anyway, I understand what you are saying. But keeping this on the subject, it's safe to say that the Hockey News reporter isn't going to face jail time if he protects his source.