Reveal story sources behind closed doors

YOUR report headlined ‘Court ruling on newspaper poses threat to journalists’ (October 24) raises several issues.

There is a conflict in the need for confidentiality (secrecy) and the right of freedom of information in matters of State, but too often claims of confidentiality are used to cover up incompetence and corruption.

Clearly, journalists, as well as politicians and civil servants, have a right to confidentiality, but this right can be abused to hide unreliable sources or even fabricate stories to sell papers.