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2221 The "journalist's shield" statute does not protect journalists from liability for refusing to divulge the identity of advertisers, but the Constitutional rights of Free Expression and Privacy protect the right of advertorial purchasers to remain anonymous, unless the party seeking to discover their identities establishes that the need for their identity outweighs the privacy interest of the advertisers.CitationRANCHO PUBLICATIONS v SUPERIOR COURT (Anonymous Advertorials) 68 CA4 1538 [See: CA Const I, 1-2; EvC 1070; Britt v Superior Court 20 C3 844; Anti-Defamation League v Superior Court 67 CA4 1072, T/AT 12/98]
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