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Change: memory.Thememory.The act upholds reporter shield laws protecting a reporter's right to withhold the identity of confidential sources. Despite the massive bipartisan support(sponsored by 45 Democrats and 26 Republicans), there lies a scattering of underlying anxieties towards the passage. The law gained momentum after the media hysteria   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 836)

Change: security of actually limiting a reporter's right to a qualified privilege. Walter Pincus points out in his article of October 7th, 2007 (“Senate Bill Aims to Define Who Is a Journalist”) that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 849)

Change: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the committeePress issits alone inwith its anxieties. There are still some journalists like Jay Rosen, NYU Professor and the political blogger behind PressThink, who thinksrecognizes that an act like this one should   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 835)

Change: Byby Hamad Al-Tourah, Postedposted Oct. 17, 2007 On October 4, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass the Free Flow of Information Act, introduced by Reps.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 829)

Change: Ovt.Oct. 17, 2007 On October 4, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass the Free Flow of Information Act, introduced by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-Va.)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 829)

Change: the First Amendment. Sources Pearlstine, Norman. Off The Record: The Press, The Governemnt, and The War Over Anonymous Sources. New York: Ferar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. Pracene, Ulan C.. Journalists, Shield Laws and the First Amendment: Is The Fourth Estate Under Attack?.New York: Novinka Books, 2005.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 813)

Change: .The act upholds reporter shield laws protecting a reporters right to withhold the identity of confidential sources. Despite the massive bipartisan support(sponsored by 45 Democrats and 26 Republicans), there lies a scattering of underlying anxieties towards the passage. The law first gained momentum after the media hysteria following   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 756)