In world news, a judge in Egypt has sentenced three Al Jazeera English journalists to prison for doing their jobs.

Post-revolution Egypt, similar to pre-revolution Egypt.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

In a 9-0 ruling, the justices say cops can't search your cell phones without a warrant.

The court is setting a marker that says this information is too precious to be handed away to the government willy-nilly.

They can do way too much damage with it.

Also, a book reviewer describes how she came to love true crime.

The very important vector of introduction to true crime for young women is when you're babysitting

and you look for the dirty books and the sugary snacks.

There's so much more after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

This was the sound in the courtroom, as three Al Jazeera journalists were dragged back

to their cells following convictions this week in Cairo on charges of conspiring to endanger

the Egyptian government. With the verdict, seven years for two defendants, ten years for a third,

the hope and inspiration of Tarir Square clouded over into distant memory.

Following a show trial filled with conspiracy theories and a bizarre array of supposed evidence,

the journalists became victims of a political environment that can twist basic news reporting

into sedition. President Abdel Fata El-Sisi has said he will not intervene.

That news did not sit well either in international capitals or in the media.

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