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What qualifies an individual to claim Journalistic Privileges?

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What is the legal qualification that allows an individual to claim journalistic privileges? If an individual has spent years reporting on news events the Mainstream News Media refuses to report upon, when does that individual have the right to refuse to disclose his or her sources on matters that a court could demand while attempting to implicate another person?

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Monday at 3:00 PM, we have to go to court again in regard so-called "truancy" issues that are associated with No Child Left Behind. My sister just had major surgery on one ankle and next month faces another major surgery on the other ankle. Her 14 year old daughter (My Niece) will undergo the same surgeries, although slightly different, right after Spring Break. She will have to be tutored at home during her recovery, which under Georgia Law, is acceptable.


After I wrote an article about No Child Left Behind, I received several messages from another parent in the same county that we moved out of that had to move his/her daughter out-of-state because of the outrageous conduct of the Court in Lumpkin County, Georgia. His/Her messages will be presented in my case as evidence of the behavior of the Superior Court of Lumpkin County, and with an X-Acto Knife I will be removing all identification of the person who sent me those messages, and if the Court demands that I release his/her name, I will refuse based on my belief that he/she contacted me because she believed that I was a Journalist.

Who is and who isn't a Journalist? As you can guess, I will go to jail rather than releasing his/her name, because I believe that during the past five (5) years I have been acting in the capacity of a Journalist. I'm read on my own blog in over 295 different countries and through the years, have received millions of hits, notwithstanding the traffic that I receive on other sites when I cross-post an article. On the issue of S-1959, I was read on over 25 other sites where my articles on S-1959 were posted, so I believe that semi-qualifies me as an honest to goodness Journalist, especially when I'm covering constitutional issues or political issues that affect the entire country. Furthermore, when an individual has years of history exposing matters the Mainstream News Media refuses to cover, with substantiation, isn't that what a professional, investigative journalist does?

What is the legality of me claiming Journalistic privileges? Has there been a precedent in this matter, or will I be going to jail for nothing if the court requests the persons name which I have a moral obligation to withhold from the Court? If ANYONE has an answer to this question, I'd sincerely appreciate a response.

 

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