Mediagazer: Why prosecuting journalists for paying for stories is bad news for all of us (Colin Freeman/Telegraph)

2:05 PM ET, September 11, 2013

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Colin Freeman / Telegraph:

Why prosecuting journalists for paying for stories is bad news for all of us — Barely a week goes past these days without a journalist from one tabloid newspaper or another appearing in court on suspicion of paying public officials for stories. It's become such a ritual now that there is even an informal …

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