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Our editorial board's opinion was a little slow posting Sunday morning, but I hope you take the time to read it while you're reading Gabe Semenza's analysis of the Victoria District Attorney's contested records.
We want to keep journalists out of the courtroom precisely because we want them focused on covering the newsmakers. It's awkward at best to have a journalist receive a subpoena while he's in the middle of researching documents he received from that same prosecutor after a nine-month court struggle.
We value highly the independence of a free press. Already, we've had critics of the DA contacting us fearful that he might be trying to get information about them. We've told them we have no reason to think his investigation extends to those posting comments online, but the secrecy surrounding grand jury proceedings is intimidating. We will continue to fight to stay out of the story and to cover it fairly, completely and accurately.
One reader of my previous post contends...
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