January 15, 2014
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DENVER – Colorado lawmakers delayed a vote Wednesday on a bill to increase legal protections for reporters and their sources in Colorado.
The bill from Colorado Springs Republican Sen. Bernie Herpin would make it harder for courts to compel reporters to reveal sources by raising legal standards to enforce subpoenas.
Herpin said he brought the proposal forward because of the case of New York-based Fox News reporter Jana Winter, who was pressured to divulge who gave her information about the 2012 Aurora theater shootings.