journalist's privilege

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   the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information

   Broaderprivilege

Questions about journalist's privilege

What does journalist's privilege mean?

journalist's privilege means "the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information".

Is journalist's privilege a common word?

journalist's privilege is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.