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The Freedom of Information Act and the Press : Obstruction or Transparency?

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When government officials can look you in the eye and invoke the Federal Freedom of Information Act, they know full well that they have donned a cloak of invisibility. They are saying, in effect, "You can't touch me," and they are calculating that you will get the message and go away. Worse yet, they are putting a premium on "access" journalism—they are elevating the importance of access, of authorized leaks, of journalists currying favor with the right government officials to get information and to get information quickly, when they are on deadline and they need answers. Simply put, if journalists cannot rely on being able to go to source documents in a reasonably fast way, they are in a terribly weakened position when it comes to actually dealing day-in and day-out with high government officials.

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Social Research An International Quarterly

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New York : The New School., 2011

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English

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0037783X

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Volume 77, Number 3 / Fall 2010,Pp. 805 - 810

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The Freedom of Information Act and the Press

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