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> Journalists don't have any special statutory privileges.

I’d say a special mention in the first amendment is notable.




Nope. US courts have consistently held that the first amendment applies equally to everyone regardless of occupation. There is no special legal test to determine if someone is a member of the press. There are centuries of case law on this issue.


Journalists have (some) protection against being forced to testify about sources. I guess it becomes a philosophical question at that point whether being a journalist is an occupation or an action.


Wrong again. At the federal level, journalists have no such protection.

https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/journalists_privil...


That article says 30 states have such laws, however, and another source indicated 49 states (plus DC).




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