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BALCO reporters lack public sympathy

The Web site Deadspin.com carries a commentary about how the public views the case of Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, who may be headed to jail for refusing to name their sources in the Barry Bonds steroids case. “The vast majority of people we talk to about this who aren’t reporters think they should absolutely go to jail,” Deadspin says. “This was, to say the least, a shock: In the world of journalism, particularly sports journalism, Fainaru-Wada and Williams are heroes.”

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