Trying to control the press was something only Soviets and Nazis did, right? The American people would never stand for it in their own country. Why, then, is journalist Josh Wolf imprisoned?
Josh Wolf was jailed last week for contempt of court by judge William Alsup, after refusing to release unedited video footage, because investigators believe it may contain footage of a police car being set on fire during a G8 protest in San Francisco, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In an odd twist of fate type thing, he was brought before federal judiciary authorities because it was a federal vehicle. If it had been owned by the state of California, Mr Wolf would not have been in prison, as California protects such things as press freedom.
In a totally unrelated incident, there was once a US president who was born in California in 1913. He was called Richard M. Nixon, and he didn't like giving tapes to courts, either. In fact, when the Supreme Court said they wanted some of the tape recordings he had, he deleted about eighteen and a half minutes of their content, what many people consider to be the important eighteen and a half minutes. Back in the day though, the federal government was more forgiving, and they let him resign and go on his way.
Mr Wolf has a blog at www.JoshWolf.net.
Tags: Politics, Current Events, Current Affairs, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, First Amendment, Free Speech, Press Freedom, Josh Wolf, William Alsup
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