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It seems that the jogger assaulted recently in Central Park suffered a fate worse than death. If she had merely been beaten and had her skull crushed, or if she had died from her injuries, every newsroom would have called her by name. But, since she was raped, most did not. The names of rape victims continue to be the best kept secrets in the nation's newsrooms. The convention of withholding names is so widely accepted that most of the New York media that identified the jogger did so only once, and later apologized for their error. The few that purposely used her name found themselves justifying their actions to other news organizations as well as the audience. It is a matter of policy or tradition, not law. Only two states, Florida and South Carolina, still prohibit the publication of rape victims' names and the constitutionality of those statutes is uncertain. The Supreme Court is considering the Florida statute this term in light of a 1974 high court ruling that struck down a similar Georgia law...
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