Despite Malik himself seeing the court's ruling of 26th June as a 'victory for common sense', I feel the decision to compel the controversial British journalist to hand over party of his interview notes for his forthcoming book on self-confessed former extremist Hassan Butt marks a dark day for press freedom.
 

I suppose when the former White House press secretary wants to write a piece for your newspaper you don't refuse if you know your business.

Nonetheless i can't really understand why the Washington Post are running this article, from Ari Fleischer.

The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that bloggers are in favour of a universal code of conduct being drawn up to govern conduct online.
It's a measure that comes too late in my opinion, for the unofficial rules have already been written: there are none.

Transitions Online is a cracking site devoted to 28 post-Communist countries.

(USA) - Those who currently control news do not want to relinquish their power to citizens and the free market, and are demanding the full force of government to prevent it. That is the clear message from last week's excellent L.A.

By Richard Sambrook, Director of the BBC's Global News Services

A week on, and the fuss over the proposed Bloggers’ Code of Conduct seems to have died down.

Whatever you think of the British tabloid editor who bugged Princes Charles and William, the fact is reporters must sometimes break the law.