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Opinion: "It’s Time to Push Back When Government Controls the Message" [1]

Do public officials need "minders" from the public affairs office when they talk to reporters? Journalists should push back by asserting the public's right to information about what government is doing.

Margaret Sullivan writes as Public Editor of the New York Times July 28, 2014. [2]

Journalism & Media [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: NY Times [2], 07/29/2014
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