Expands exemption from contempt for journalists to include web logs.
The bill amends the civil rights law to expand the exemption from contempt for professional journalists and newscasters. It includes employment or association with a web log, defined as a website or webpage containing an online journal with news, comments, and hyperlinks provided by the writer. This protection applies to journalists or newscasters employed or associated with news agencies, press associations, wire services, web logs, radio or television stations, or other professional news media.
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