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By Adrian Chen Dec 5, 2011 6:30 PM 7,439

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Bloggers Don’t Count as Journalists (In Oregon)

Bloggers Don't Count as Journalists (In Oregon) Oregon's shield law, which protects journalists from being forced to reveal a source, doesn't apply to independent bloggers, a court ruled. Sucks to be you, Oregon bloggers. Try printing out your blog posts and pretending to be a newspaper.

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