Journalist discovers email isn't off-the-record

John Green, executive producer of the weekend edition of ABC's "Good Morning America," was suspended for a month for leaked email messages that were critical of President Bush and Madeleine K. Albright.

From the NYT:

News organizations, more than any other segment in society, should be wary about inhibiting the speech of their employees. The resulting second guessing, the screening of one's jokes, jibes and commentary, could have a chilling effect, they say.

"Journalists should be able to speak openly in the vernacular, casually and jokingly, and without evil consequences," said David Korzenik, a media lawyer in New York who is an adjunct professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

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