2y ago

Newspaper publisher and reporter arrested and accused of revealing grand jury information

A smalltown newspaper publisher and reporter in Alabama were arrested after authorities accused them of publishing an article that revealed information about a grand jury investigation involving the local school system.

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I don't see how reporting that a grand jury exists is somehow illegal. They aren't leaking grand jury information.
- Could she be who the grand jury was convened for? That was a vague article.
The problem as I see it, is that someone involved with a newspaper should hold any form of elected or appointed position. That should tip you off to the type of journalist they are. Most journalists I've known wouldn't vote in a primary because that'd show with party affiliation they hold.
Gotta stay neutral.
- The problem as I see it, is that someone involved with a newspaper should hold any form of elected or appointed position.
  Welcome to small town America, where there aren't enough people to do all the jobs that need doing.
  That should tip you off to the type of journalist they are
  The arrested journalist in this story doesn't hold any form of elected or appointed position. The newspaper's owner is a school board member but she didn't write the news story that's gotten them in trouble.
  Gotta stay neutral.
  I don't see anybody sending Fox News producers to prison for their failure to do that, just a journalist who published information that embarrassed the local prosecutor and his boss.
  
  Fox news is not journalism. It's all editorial.