Folks,
Yesterday, Semafor’s Ben Smith broke the story that I’m fighting a subpoena attempt to turn over the names of sexual misconduct survivors. Additionally, I am being asked to turn over all my communications with the New York Times from when I broke the story of Michael Fuoco, a top NewsGuild leader, who was labeled “the Harvey Weinstein of Pittsburgh.”
Now, the New York Times has weighed in denouncing the move by the NewsGuild.
“We are always troubled when litigants use discovery to seek communications between sources and journalists, and it is especially concerning coming from a union that represents journalists,” Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha told Semafor.
(Read the full Semafor story on the subpoena attempt that Payday Report faces.)
We have always raised $1,200 for our legal defense fund.
While I have found a great civil liberties lawyer, Louis Kroeck, to represent me pro bono, I still have to pay legal fees and hire a court reporter to take depositions. The cost of the court report will likely run from $3,000-$5,000.
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