KTRK prior-restraint victory comes too late
Earlier this week, the Chronicle's Roma Khanna reported that State District Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod blocked KTRK-13 from airing information on Benny Hinn that it had obtained, ruling that the information was protected because of attorney-client privilege.
Today, Khanna reports that State District Judge Kent Sullivan has ruled that KTRK can air the information. Unfortunately, the original legal maneuver accomplished its purpose, as KTRK's Ted Oberg testified in court that the station does not have plans to air the information at this time. Now that Hinn's traveling act has left town, the story isn't timely or salient.
We hope this city's new defenders of the First Amendment join us in condemning this local abuse of prior restraint engineered by Benny Hinn's legal team.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/04/05 10:14 AM | Houston Media | Print | Comments (9)
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