| ASNE president comments on special prosecutor subpoenas (Feb. 25, 1997)
Published: February 25, 1998
Last Updated: February 26, 1998
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RESTON, Va. — American Society of Newspaper Editors President Sandra
Mims Rowe, editor of The Oregonian, Portland, made the following statement
regarding special prosecutor Kenneth Starr's subpoenas of government
officials regarding their contacts with the press:
There can be no good purpose served when an investigator subpoenas
government people to learn if they have talked to reporters. It is not
a crime for governmental officials to talk to reporters, and no criminal
act is committed by a reporter when that happens. The subpoenas in question
would appear to be aimed at intimidating the press.
ASNE, with 875 members, is an organization of the main editors of daily
newspapers in the United States and Canada.
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