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Reporters face imprisonment for refusing to reveal source in steroids scandal

Thursday, August 24, 2006

By Maureen Cavanaugh and KPBS Public Broadcasting

Audio

Aired 4/19/09

Last week, a federal judge ruled that two San Francisco Chronicle reporters must tell the government who leaked grand jury testimony to them or face jail time. Host Maureen Cavanaugh speaks to one of the subpoenaed reporters. They discuss the media's role in society, reporters' rights to protect confidential sources, and how he knows Barry Bonds used steroids.

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