NPR REFUSES TO DISCLOSE SOURCE OF LEAK

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 19, 1992                   TAG: 9202190102
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
NPR REFUSES TO DISCLOSE SOURCE OF LEAK
National Public Radio refused Tuesday to provide a Senate special counsel with material on Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas that it did not broadcast.
William Buzenberg, vice president for news and information at NPR, said the network was protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of press freedom.
Buzenberg was the third journalist called before Peter Fleming, the Senate-hired counsel investigating leaks to the news media.
"The issue here today is essentially whether NPR will help the special independent counsel uncover the confidential source or sources involved in our reports," Buzenberg said in a statement. "That we have not done, and we will not do.
"We believe the First Amendment protects the right of the press to gather news and to find out about the workings of our government."
Fleming is trying to learn who disclosed the accusations of Hill, a law professor, that Thomas sexually harassed her.
- Associated Press

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB