Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Under the Nebraska Press Association test, no review of the likely effectiveness of a gag on the media is needed before judges may impose gags that limit media reporting on the courts.
2. Many U.S. courts of appeals have recognized that a reporter’s privilege exists.
3. The Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment protects journalists from the obligation to testify before a grand jury even if subpoenaed.
4. Both reporter’s privilege and the First Amendment protect journalists from disclosing the identities of anonymous online posters to their websites to the same degree that they protect sources promised confidentiality.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False

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