In other media news, Rhode Island television journalist, Jim Taricani, was sentenced Thursday to six months under house arrest because he refused to reveal to the government who leaked him an FBI surveillance tape. Reporters Without Borders said in response “The role of the press in providing checks and balances is under fire this time, and the US courts must understand that, if the confidentiality of journalists’ sources is not guaranteed, no one will go to them with sensitive information. Journalists are media professionals, not federal investigators.”