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43 views • May 24, 2018

Top court hears arguments in journalism case

Purtina Wang
Vice Media's Ben Makuch says police shouldn't be able to use journalists to further their investigations, and is at the Supreme Court fighting a lower court ruling that he must give background materials on an accused terrorist to the RCMP. (May 23, 2018) SOUNDBITE: Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch SOUNDBITE: Iain MacKinnon, lawyer for Vice Media Canada PLACELINE: Ottawa, Ontario CREDIT: The Canadian Press STORYLINE: A lawyer for Vice Media is telling the Supreme Court of Canada that journalists must not be turned into an investigative arm of the police. Counsel Philip Tunley is making the argument for clear media protections today in a case that squarely pits press freedoms against the powers of law enforcement agencies. Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch is challenging an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that he must give the RCMP the background materials he used for stories on an accused terrorist. In 2014, Makuch wrote three articles about the involvement of Farah Shirdon with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The articles were largely based on communications between Makuch and Shirdon through a text messaging service.
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