Why should foreign news organizations have to abide by reporting restrictions on UK court cases?
Earlier this week, the New York Times had to block British readers from a story on its website about the British men charged in this month’s suspected bomb plot.
Personally, I prefer the UK approach to media coverage of court cases, in which strict reporting restrictions are in place before and during a trial.
But in an Internet age where readers can find out all the information they need at the click of a mouse, why should one foreign news organization have to abide by those rules?
I’m sure all of the information they printed is available on other blogs and news sites—a good deal of it probably via the original New York Times story.
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