Discuss the cases of Myron Farber and Judith Miller to illustrate how the courts have ruled on confidentiality of sources.

What will be an ideal response?

Farber was sent to jail for contempt of court for refusing to show his notes from sources to a judge to be given to the defense team in the case. The U.S. Supreme Court and the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Farber had to show his notes to the defense.?Miller spent 85 days in jail for refusing to give prosecutors information about who in the Bush administration had told her that a woman was in fact a CIA officer.?There is no federal shield law that protects journalists.