Former CNN e/ee writes book, sues CNN, CNN wants her to disclose sources

[AP]

but they want the court proceedings to be secret.

What idiots.

Only a corporation which has tremendous political power would ask a judge to force someone to disclose their sources while also asking the court not to let the public know what's going on in the trial.

http://biz.yahoo.com/law/040813/294ba50deef73e4260d920c3d37bee8a_1.html

CNN: Ex-Reporter Should Reveal Her Sources
Friday August 13, 3:00 am ET
R. Robin McDonald, Fulton County Daily Report

The irony of a TV news network that wants to seal public records and unveil a reporter's sources is not lost on Bonnie M. Anderson.

Anderson, a former CNN vice president in Atlanta who is suing the company for discrimination and wrongful termination, said she was astonished when CNN attorneys demanded the names of all the confidential sources in her book, "News Flash: Journalism, Infotainment and the Bottom-Line Business of Broadcast News."

CNN attorneys also have sought to seal all discovery in her federal discrimination suit against the network, Anderson said.

CNN also has asked for her personal computer's hard drive and wants to review all drafts of her book, a critique of what Anderson believes to be the deterioration of TV news into vapid entertainment.

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[yella_dawg]

1. "vapid entertainment"

That's the best description I've heard for the modern news media yet.

[lapfog_1]

2. I've been kinda partial to the term info-porn

No substance, no character development, lot's of eye candy.
Pretty much content free. And socially damaging.

[Nevernose]

9. Insulting to pornographers, though.

[DemWitch]

3. Sooooooo...

CNN wants to make Bonnie's cources public, but they insist on giving Novak the full protection of the first amendment... Okie dokie...

[SeveneightyWhoa]

4. That's actually a very good book..

Worth a read!

[LibertyorDeath]

5. Kick

[wellstone dem]

6. kicking

another book to add to the list.

[roguevalley]

7. So, they don't have a problem making her disclose but with Novak ...

[AP]

8. Comon demoninator: if it threatens CNN's profits, it's bad.