I’m nonplussed at this bs being spouted by the left that journalists should be exempted from normal legal process because they’re “special”.Special in what way? “Vance is a respected senior reporter for a multinational media company.” says the Dim Post. What???? The only remarkable aspect of journalism today that strikes me is that it is so utterly corrupted by left wing political influence it will take decades to recover. If a recovery ever starts.

That aside, if there is a police investigation into a criminal act, such as leaking classified information, then if any person working in any other profession is forced by court order to provide evidence, then why the hell should journalists be treated differently?

Kim Dotcom should never have been spied upon by NZ security agencies. He was not conspiring with subversives here or overseas to destroy our country. He was no threat to the security of NZ.

Andrea Vance was involved in leaking a government document just so she could “scoop” her opposition. If there are any recriminations due, then she should be treated the same as anyone else involved in the case, and give up her phone records and emails if the court orders her to.

The core of this argument is not so much if it was right to leak the documents or not. The real issue is should journalists be treated as special people. I say no damn way.