A couple of weeks ago, my Missourian colleague, Dave Rosman, penned a thoughtful column lamenting a perceived reputation of the press for lack of truth and trustworthy reporting. There is yet another area in which the press, in its zeal to keep the public informed, often crosses the line in balancing the right to know against the need to know.
J. KARL MILLER: A fine line separates the right to know and the need to know
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CST;
updated 6:18 p.m. CST, Sunday, December 26, 2010
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