Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 | |
2007-2008 |
Track H.R. 2102 [110th] Because this bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress, no more action can occur on it. |
 Primary Source See |
To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
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Sources of Influence
MAPLight.org reports that the following organizations have taken a stance on this bill:
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Newspaper Association of America Coalition of Journalists for Open Government National Public Radio Time Warner, Inc. American Civil Liberties Union American Bar Association Society of Professional Journalists PEN American Center National Press Club Association of Alternative Newsweeklies ABC Incorporated Advance Publications, Inc. American Business Media Media Law Resource Center American Society of Magazine Editors American Society of Newspaper Editors Associated Press Association of American Publishers Walt Disney Company NBC Universal CNN Clear Channel Reuters America LLC Tribune Company Cox Enterprises, Inc. Belo Corp. Bloomberg News CBS Copley Press, Inc. Freedom Communications, Inc. Gannett Co., Inc. Gray Television Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. Hearst Corporation Lee Enterprises, Inc. Magazine Publishers of America McClatchy Company McGraw-Hill Companies National Association of Broadcasters National Federation of Press Women National Geographic Society National Newspaper Association National Press Photographers Association News Corporation Newspaper Guild-CWA Newsweek New York Times Company Online News Association Radio-Television News Directors Association RaycomMedia, Inc., Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press E. W. Scripps Washington Post U.S. News & World Report White House News Photographers Associations United States Department of Justice UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. | (none) |
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